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Acute Lithium-Induced Tremor

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

S. Pullinger  and
P. Tyrer
S. Pullinger
Affiliation:
University of Nottingham Medical School
P. Tyrer
Affiliation:
Mapperley Hospital, Nottingham NG3 6AA
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It has recently been found that tremor in patients on long-term lithium therapy has a lower frequency than that of normal physiological tremor and is likely to have an extrapyramidal component (Tyrer et al, 1981). Other extrapyramidal signs and symptoms have been found with chronic lithium therapy (Shopsin and Gershon, 1975; Baastrup et al, 1976; Branchey et al, 1976; Asnis et al, 1979). These extrapyramidal effects differ from the pseudoparkinsonism produced by antipsychotic drugs in that they do not respond to antiparkinsonian drug treatment (Schou, 1970; Tyrer et al, 1980).

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 143 , Issue 1 , July 1983 , pp. 40 - 41
Copyright
Copyright © 1983 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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