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Acute Drug-induced Akathisia is Not Associated with Low Serum Iron Status

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Journal Psychopharmacology (Berl)
Specialty Pharmacology
Date 1991 Jan 1
PMID 1672456
Citations 5
Authors
P Sachdev
C Loneragan
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Abstract

The iron status of 50 consecutively admitted psychiatric patients due to be started on neuroleptic medication was examined. Fifteen of the patients developed akathisia in the 2 weeks of follow-up. The patients did not differ significantly from the 35 non-akathisic patients in serum iron and transferrin levels and haemoglobin values. The findings do not support the postulated association between low serum iron status and acute neuroleptic-induced akathisia.

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