vitamin E reduces the severity of tardive dyskinesia

January 1999

There's increasing evidence that vitamin E reduces the severity of tardive dyskinesia.

This is a common problem...affecting about a third of patients who take haloperidol and other traditional antipsychotics.

Antipsychotics are thought to cause oxidative damage to neurons. Vitamin E might help because of its antioxidant effects.

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