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  • A case of respiratory akathisia in a cancer patient: A case report

  • Yu Sunakawa, Makoto Wada, Tomomi Nishida, MEI Wada, Kazuhiro Araki, Hisashi Endo, Fumio Nagashima, Wataru Ichikawa, Toshimichi Miya, Hideki Onishi, Masaru Narabayashi, Yasutsuna Sasaki
  • Journal:
    Palliative & Supportive Care / Volume 6 / Issue 1 / March 2008
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    19 February 2008, pp. 79-81
  • Objective:

    It has been reported that akathisia is a neurological side effect induced by antiemetic drugs and/or antipsychotics. Akathisia can occur in any area of the body, but respiratory akathisia is an unusual type of akathisia. Cases of respiratory akathisia in cancer patients taking antiemetic drugs have not previously been reported.

    Methods:

    We report on a case of a cancer patient taking prochlorperazine as an antiemetic drug who experienced dyspnea accompanied by severe restlessness associated with respiration. By administration of biperiden, his restlessness in respiration and dyspnea promptly disappeared.

    Results:

    This finding led us to conclude that this cancer patient was experiencing respiratory akathisia.

    Significance of results:

    Respiratory akathisia is uncommon. It is important for cancer patients that dyspnea induced by disease progression be ruled out as a cause of the respiratory restlessness. It is necessary to consider the possibility of akathisia in patients that complain of vague anxiety, chest discomfort, or dyspnea following antipsychotic medication.