Diseases

Drug-Induced Akathisia

A condition associated with the use of certain medications and characterized by an internal sense of motor restlessness often described as an inability to resist the urge to move.

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Abstract

A condition associated with the use of certain medications and characterized by an internal sense of motor restlessness often described as an inability to resist the urge to move.

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Synonyms

9 entry terms
  • Acathisia, Drug-Induced
  • Akathisia, Drug-Induced
  • Acathisia, Drug Induced
  • Akathisia, Drug Induced
  • Drug Induced Akathisia
  • Drug-Induced Acathisia
  • Akathisia, Tardive
  • Pseudoakathisia
  • Tardive Akathisia

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

do not confuse with DYSKINESIA, DRUG-INDUCED

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History Note

1993

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Previous Indexing

  • Movement Disorders (1968-1977)
  • Psychomotor Agitation (1978-1992)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Drug-Induced Akathisia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017109. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017109
  2. Drug-Induced Akathisia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18975804