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more_legal_areas tardiveTardive dyskinesia is an irreversible, untreatable neurological disorder often characterized by involuntary movements. The controversy with tardive dyskinesia is that it is an irreversible disease that occurs when using neuroleptic drugs. As the use of neuroleptics continued to increase, doctors assured patients that the drug treatment could be used as a permanent solution to treating symptoms in a safe manner. However, children with tardive dyskinesia were being observed.
Not many people knew of the dangers of tardive dyskinesia and that the disease affects people of all ages. In the early 80s, children with tardive dyskinesia were being noticed and warned about but neuroleptic and antipsychotic drugs continued to be prescribed. The dangers of treating children with neuroleptic and antipsychotic drugs for minor symptoms were far outweighed by the risks of children with tardive dyskinesia. Unfortunately, tardive dyskinesia was still an unknown disease that patients and families were not warned of.
Children with tardive dyskinesia often suffer more symptoms than they were initially prescribed drug treatment for. The adverse effects that children with tardive dyskinesia can suffer can include permanent behavioral and/or mental disorders because of the use of the neuroleptic drugs. Tardive dyskinesia can occur after just months of beginning neuroleptic treatment and it is not known how many people the disease has directly affected. The disease affects people of all ages and cannot be treated, so especially if symptoms are minor the risks may outweigh the benefits.