A schizophrenic patient staed on haloperidol 2 days back, comes with complaints of toicollis and Orofaciolingual movements. What is the diagnosis?
Correct Answer: Acute dystonia
Description: Facial grimacing , tics, muscle spasm , protruding tongue and similar involuntary movements can occur in first few days of staing anti psychotics . Parkinsonism maybe noticed in the first few weeks . Tardive dyskinesia develops after years of therapy. Ref KD Tripati 8th ed.
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