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haloperidol and Blepharospasm

haloperidol has been researched along with Blepharospasm in 5 studies

Haloperidol: A phenyl-piperidinyl-butyrophenone that is used primarily to treat SCHIZOPHRENIA and other PSYCHOSES. It is also used in schizoaffective disorder, DELUSIONAL DISORDERS, ballism, and TOURETTE SYNDROME (a drug of choice) and occasionally as adjunctive therapy in INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY and the chorea of HUNTINGTON DISEASE. It is a potent antiemetic and is used in the treatment of intractable HICCUPS. (From AMA Drug Evaluations Annual, 1994, p279)
haloperidol : A compound composed of a central piperidine structure with hydroxy and p-chlorophenyl substituents at position 4 and an N-linked p-fluorobutyrophenone moiety.

Blepharospasm: Excessive winking; tonic or clonic spasm of the orbicularis oculi muscle.

Research Excerpts

ExcerptRelevanceReference
"A dopamine agonist (apomorphine) and a cholinomimetic drug (physostigmine) were administered to five patients with blepharospasm and oromandibular dystonia (Meige disease)."5.04Meige disease: striatal dopaminergic preponderance. ( Lai, C; Tolosa, ES, 1979)
"After cessation of long-term treatment with haloperidol, a 77-year-old man developed severe dyskinetic-dystonic movements involving mainly the tongue and associated also with oromandibular dystonia and blepharospasm that were manifested exclusively during the process of eating and that interfered with feeding."3.68Tardive eating dystonia. ( Achiron, A; Melamed, E, 1990)

Research

Studies (5)

TimeframeStudies, this research(%)All Research%
pre-19903 (60.00)18.7374
1990's1 (20.00)18.2507
2000's1 (20.00)29.6817
2010's0 (0.00)24.3611
2020's0 (0.00)2.80

Authors

AuthorsStudies
Bhatia, MS1
Gupta, R1
Rowan, GE1
Sedlacek, K1
Tolosa, ES1
Lai, C1
Achiron, A1
Melamed, E1
Ransmayr, G1
Kleedorfer, B1
Dierckx, RA1
Poewe, W1
Kemmler, GW1
Gerstenbrand, F1

Trials

2 trials available for haloperidol and Blepharospasm

ArticleYear
Meige disease: striatal dopaminergic preponderance.
    Neurology, 1979, Volume: 29, Issue:8

    Topics: Aged; Apomorphine; Basal Ganglia; Blepharospasm; Clinical Trials as Topic; Diagnosis, Differential;

1979
Pharmacological study in Meige's syndrome with predominant blepharospasm.
    Clinical neuropharmacology, 1988, Volume: 11, Issue:1

    Topics: Aged; Basal Ganglia Diseases; Blepharospasm; Clinical Trials as Topic; Clonazepam; Double-Blind Meth

1988

Other Studies

3 other studies available for haloperidol and Blepharospasm

ArticleYear
Essential blepharospasm responding to haloperidol.
    The Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences, 2006,Fall, Volume: 18, Issue:4

    Topics: Adult; Blepharospasm; Dopamine Antagonists; Haloperidol; Humans; Male

2006
Biofeedback in the treatment of blepharospasm: a case study.
    The American journal of psychiatry, 1981, Volume: 138, Issue:11

    Topics: Biofeedback, Psychology; Blepharospasm; Electromyography; Eyelid Diseases; Female; Haloperidol; Huma

1981
Tardive eating dystonia.
    Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society, 1990, Volume: 5, Issue:4

    Topics: Aged; Aggression; Blepharospasm; Deglutition Disorders; Dyskinesia, Drug-Induced; Feeding and Eating

1990