drug adverse effects of dopaminergic receptor antagonists

Adverse effects

• acute effects
  • acute dystonia
    • often involves neck, face, larynx or eye
    • rapidly reversed with IV diphendydramine
  • acute akathisia
• late-appearing persistent effects (tardive syndromes)
  • tardive dyskinesia
  • tardive dystonia
    • often affects the face, neck, arms, trunk
  • tardive akathisia
• subacute or chronic
  • drug-induced parkinsonism
    • reversible with discontinuation of offending agent

More general terms

• drug adverse effect(s)