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Did Reglan (metoclopramide) cause tardive dyskinesia?
Tardive dyskinesia is a neurological syndrome caused by the long-term use of neuroleptic drugs. Neuroleptic drugs are generally prescribed for psychiatric disorders, as well as for some gastrointestinal and neurological disorders, according to the website of National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Reglan can cause this.
Tardive dyskinesia (TD) is characterized by repetitive, involuntary, purposeless movements. Features of the disorder may include grimacing, tongue protrusion, lip smacking, puckering and pursing, and rapid eye blinking. Rapid movements of the arms, legs, and trunk may also occur.
On Feb. 26, 2009, FDA warned against the long-term use of drugs that contain Reglan (metoclopramide) due to the risk for developing tardive dyskinesia.
Metoclopramide is approved for the short-term (no longer than 3 months) treatment of gastrointestinal disorders, such as gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in people who haven’t responded to other treatments, and to treat diabetic gastroparesis (slowed emptying of the stomach’s contents into the intestines).
The FDA alerted healthcare officials that makers of metoclopramide, a drug used to treat gastrointestinal disorders, must add a boxed warning to their drug labels about the risk of its long-term or high-dose use and the risk of developing TD side effects.
Those at greatest risk include elderly people, especially older women, and people who have been on the drug for a long time.
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