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Can you tell me is akathisia and tardive akathisia permanent?
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Akathisia/TD: Akathisia is restlessness, short-term. Tardive Dyskinesia is chronic, long-term, irreversible. Both are side-effects of Psychotropic medications & result from blockade of Dopamine in brain.
Answered 2/28/2016
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