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Drug-Induced Myoclonus: A Systematic Review.
Rissardo JP, Fornari Caprara AL, Bhal N, Repudi R, Zlatin L, Walker IM. Rissardo JP, et al. Medicina (Kaunas). 2025 Jan 15;61(1):131. doi: 10.3390/medicina61010131. Medicina (Kaunas). 2025. PMID: 39859113 Free PMC article.
This systematic review aims to assess the medications associated with drug-induced myoclonus (DIM). Materials and Methods: Two reviewers assessed the PubMed database using the search term "myoclonus", without language restriction, for articles publishe …
This systematic review aims to assess the medications associated with drug-induced myoclonus (DIM). Materials and Metho …
Drug-induced myoclonus: frequency, mechanisms and management.
Jiménez-Jiménez FJ, Puertas I, de Toledo-Heras M. Jiménez-Jiménez FJ, et al. CNS Drugs. 2004;18(2):93-104. doi: 10.2165/00023210-200418020-00003. CNS Drugs. 2004. PMID: 14728056 Review.
Myoclonus is a sudden, abrupt, brief, 'shock-like' involuntary movement caused by muscular contractions ('positive myoclonus') or a sudden brief lapse of muscle contraction in active postural muscles ('negative myoclonus' or 'asterixis'). ...The pharmacologic …
Myoclonus is a sudden, abrupt, brief, 'shock-like' involuntary movement caused by muscular contractions ('positive myoclonus') …
Drug-induced myoclonus.
Klawans HL, Carvey PM, Tanner CM, Goetz CG. Klawans HL, et al. Adv Neurol. 1986;43:251-64. Adv Neurol. 1986. PMID: 3484854 No abstract available.
Toxin and drug-induced myoclonus.
Gordon MF. Gordon MF. Adv Neurol. 2002;89:49-76. Adv Neurol. 2002. PMID: 11968473 Review. No abstract available.
Drug-induced myoclonus: a French pharmacovigilance database study.
Brefel-Courbon C, Gardette V, Ory F, Montastruc JL. Brefel-Courbon C, et al. Neurophysiol Clin. 2006 Sep-Dec;36(5-6):333-6. doi: 10.1016/j.neucli.2006.12.003. Epub 2007 Jan 25. Neurophysiol Clin. 2006. PMID: 17336778 Review.
Various drugs have been reported to induce myoclonus. However, this adverse event is not well known because of the difficult diagnosis and the lack of pharmaco-epidemiological or controlled studies. ...In the literature, antiparkinsonian medications, antipsychotics, antide …
Various drugs have been reported to induce myoclonus. However, this adverse event is not well known because of the difficult diagnosi …
The clinical heterogeneity of drug-induced myoclonus: an illustrated review.
Janssen S, Bloem BR, van de Warrenburg BP. Janssen S, et al. J Neurol. 2017 Aug;264(8):1559-1566. doi: 10.1007/s00415-016-8357-z. Epub 2016 Dec 16. J Neurol. 2017. PMID: 27981352 Free PMC article. Review.
A wide variety of drugs can cause myoclonus. To illustrate this, we first discuss two personally observed cases, one presenting with generalized, but facial-predominant, myoclonus that was induced by amantadine; and the other presenting with propriospinal myoclon …
A wide variety of drugs can cause myoclonus. To illustrate this, we first discuss two personally observed cases, one presenting with …
Drug-induced movement disorders.
Jiménez-Jiménez FJ, García-Ruiz PJ, Molina JA. Jiménez-Jiménez FJ, et al. Drug Saf. 1997 Mar;16(3):180-204. doi: 10.2165/00002018-199716030-00004. Drug Saf. 1997. PMID: 9098656 Review.
Parkinsonism, tremor, chorea-ballismus, dystonia, tardive dyskinesia, myoclonus, tics and akathisia can be induced by many drugs. The drugs that are most frequently implicated in movement disorders are antipsychotics, calcium antagonists, orthopramides and substituted benz …
Parkinsonism, tremor, chorea-ballismus, dystonia, tardive dyskinesia, myoclonus, tics and akathisia can be induced by many drugs. The …
[Psychotropic drug-induced myoclonus].
Brogmus KE, Lesch A. Brogmus KE, et al. Psychiatr Prax. 1995 Mar;22(2):77-9. Psychiatr Prax. 1995. PMID: 7761544 German.
Based on five case studies, the suggestion is that, if physiological myoclonus can be excluded, antidepressant - or neuroleptic-induced myoclonus must as a rule be presumed to be a most subtle indication of increased cerebral exitability, an epileptic fragment or, i …
Based on five case studies, the suggestion is that, if physiological myoclonus can be excluded, antidepressant - or neuroleptic-induc …
Drug-induced tardive syndromes.
Ortí-Pareja M, Jiménez-Jiménez FJ, Vázquez A, Catalán MJ, Zurdo M, Burguera JA, Martínez-Martín P, Molina JA; Grupo Centro de Trastornos del Movimiento. Ortí-Pareja M, et al. Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 1999 Apr;5(1-2):59-65. doi: 10.1016/s1353-8020(99)00015-2. Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 1999. PMID: 18591121
We reviewed the database of five Movement Disorders Units to establish drugs responsible for tardive syndromes or TS (tardive dyskinesia, dystonia, akathisia, tremor, tics or tourettism, and myoclonus). The diagnostic criteria for TS included: (1) appearance of persistent …
We reviewed the database of five Movement Disorders Units to establish drugs responsible for tardive syndromes or TS (tardive dyskinesia, dy …
Drug-induced cranial myoclonus.
Gupta A, Lang AE. Gupta A, et al. Mov Disord. 2010 Oct 15;25(13):2264-5. doi: 10.1002/mds.23140. Mov Disord. 2010. PMID: 20740488 No abstract available.
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