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Improvement of Tardive Dyskinesia with Risperidone : A Case Report

SIRIRAT KOOPTIWOOT,M.D.*, THANI SETTACHAN, M.D.*

Affiliation : * Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10700, Thailand.

Abstract
This case report illustrates the improvement of tardive dyskinesia (TD) and psychotic symptoms in an elderly Thai female with chronic schizophrenia with a long history of conven- tional antipsychotic exposure following the treatment with risperidone 2 mg/day. TD disappeared in 9 months and continued to be in remission at her 5-month follow-up visit recently.

Keywords : Tardive Dyskinesia, Risperidone, Schizophrenia


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