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define akathisia - CORRECT ANSWER: pacing and squirming brought on by an
uncontrollable need to be in motion.
define parts of tardive dyskinesia - CORRECT ANSWER: movements of the tongue and
face, lip smacking, fly catching tongue movement, slow worm like tongue movement,
involuntary limb/ trunk movement.
define the parts of Parkinsonism - CORRECT ANSWER: bradykinesia, slow
movements, mask like face, drooling, tremor, rigidity, shuffling gait, cog wheeling,
stooped posture.
define what acute dystonia is - CORRECT ANSWER: slow movement that is with EPS
define what oculogyric crisis is - CORRECT ANSWER: abnormal upward eye deviations
with EPS
define what opisthotonus is - CORRECT ANSWER: muscle spasm with backwards
arching of the back, with EPS
define what serotonin syndrome is - CORRECT ANSWER: a. a toxic level of serotonin is
in the body. It starts 2-72 hrs. after treatment.
i. S/S: AMS, anxiety, hallucinations, confusion, incoordination, hyperreflexia, sweating,
tremor, fever.
ii. Will resolve spontaneously after D/C the medication.
iii. Increased risk with use of MAOIs, can have a peripheral effect.