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Table 1 Percentages of extrapyramidal adverse events reported for different long-acting antipsychotic drugs

From: Long-acting antipsychotic drugs for the treatment of schizophrenia: use in daily practice from naturalistic observations

Drug

FL

FE

R

R

R

R y

R a

R

R

P

V

V

Z

Reference

[131]

[132]

[80]

[132]

[90]

[91]

[91]

[107]

[133]

[77]

[8]

[58]

[76]

n

16

5

19

87

249

66

351

725

529

42

53

368

19

Dystonia

---

---

---

1.1

---

---

---

---

---

---

15.1

0.5

---

Akathisia

12.5

40.0

5.3

2.3

2.0

19.7

11.1

17.0

3.4

---

43.4

2.4

---

Parkinsonism/tremor

6.2

---

---

4.6

---

---

---

---

6.0

2.4

30.2

7.6

---

Tardive dyskinesia

---

---

---

3.4

---

---

---

---

---

---

---

3.0

15.8

Hypertonia

---

---

---

2.3

---

---

---

---

---

---

24.5

---

---

  1. Abbreviations: Z = zuclopenthixol decanoate; R = risperidone; y = in young patients; a = in adult patients; FL = flupenthixol; FE = fluphenazine; V = various long-acting antipsychotic drugs; --- = not reported.
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BMC Psychiatry

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