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Dopamine-blocking medications linked to tardive dyskinesia

This is a YouTube user’s wife. She suffers from tardive dyskinesia as a result of being over-prescribed the atypical antipsychotic Geodon. Tardive dyskinesia is a condition in which a person develops involuntary movements of their muscles, which can include lip smacking, tongue thrusting, eye blinking and buldging, head jerking, facial grimacing, pucker and pursing of the lips, and involuntary movements of the fingers.

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