Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome

March 3, 2010 - Posted by admin

Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome or NMS a neuroleptic induced movement disorder is described… its one of the only life threatening emergencies in psychiatry, its a neurotoxic reaction to too much antipsychotic medication that is fatal. I describe it in detail and its treatment and a case I had. Its scarey

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22 Comments

  1. Seaoftea says:

    I just got a script for Quetiapine for off label use and this is scaring me into not taking it.

    ... on July March 3rd, 2010
  2. opal1920able says:

    Im glad im not a doctor.

    ... on July March 3rd, 2010
  3. KlaymenSchultz says:

    I have a med mental health rotation exam tomorrow and this helped. Thanks alot!

    ... on July March 3rd, 2010
  4. idonotneedanidforyou says:

    cool. Good info!

    ... on July March 3rd, 2010
  5. fadzlyjb says:

    thank you

    ... on July March 3rd, 2010
  6. Lexaproquelklonopin says:

    i had this last week , i drank alot of coffee and then trying to sleep so i took risperidone 2mg still couldnt sleep then ended up taking 6mg still couldnt sleep i felt like i was going to die. i was all out of benzos they said it was benzo withdrawl. then they gave me more benzos.i feel better now i stopped drinking coffee at night ;(

    ... on July March 3rd, 2010
  7. pueng86 says:

    how come u look like u just woke up lol

    ... on July March 3rd, 2010
  8. joycesantiago says:

    “you wouldnt be watching this video if you have it” haha lol. i like that.

    ... on July March 3rd, 2010
  9. WhiteOwls241dolla says:

    thanks dude : )

    ... on July March 3rd, 2010
  10. ravinderjassal says:

    LOL!! I hope you aren’t a result of chronic psych treatment.

    ... on July March 3rd, 2010
  11. magiccatalyst says:

    You seem like such a cool doctor. Wish you were teaching at our place instead of them boring ass professors. Cheers for your help and good luck with your tv show. Just make sure its not like “in treatment” i’m not too big a fan.

    ... on July March 3rd, 2010
  12. sharonrose101 says:

    that was really helpful! thanks so much

    ... on July March 3rd, 2010
  13. drjtk76 says:

    Dear Doc,
    You are awesome! I am a psychiatric nurse practitioner and consider myself a life-long student of psychiatry. Thanks so much for sharing your expertise and I look forward to viewing many more of your insightful videos.
    Joe K.

    ... on July March 3rd, 2010
  14. 5fingersolo says:

    Thank you! Can you take my boards for me .. jk :)

    Great Info!

    ... on July March 3rd, 2010
  15. DOCTOROFMINDMD says:

    yes that helps during the acute episode i used it in the patient i had have that once, iv… for the muscles….well the eps or muscle stiffness from the dopamine blockade in the nigrostriatal tract causes muscle stiffness, then rigidity then actually breaks the muscles into fibers that deposit in the kidneys and cause renal failure, its bad, its untreated muscle stiffness and damage and little muscle fragments plugging up the kidneys… does that help

    ... on July March 3rd, 2010
  16. 5fingersolo says:

    What about Dantrolene, will that reverse it? oh and you mention about Rhabdomyolysis? What is the pathophsy behind that?

    Thanks

    ... on July March 3rd, 2010
  17. Playgirl2day says:

    thanks for the information :)

    ... on July March 3rd, 2010
  18. yaiduno13 says:

    new camera huh? your movin up like george and wezzy, keep the pimp hand acctivated playa

    ... on July March 3rd, 2010
  19. lamictalinducedpsych says:

    i think i had such a reaction on lamictal, or just psychosis, yes mental illness sucks big, im very sad

    ... on July March 3rd, 2010
  20. foxleyleon says:

    when using antipshycotics new or old it messes with dopamine so my guess is these drugs do infact cause some tipe of neuroleptic damadge.

    ... on July March 3rd, 2010
  21. X4592 says:

    Nice hair. :P

    ... on July March 4th, 2010
  22. kazza224 says:

    i feel lucky i dont suffer any mental illness,esp when i hear things like this

    ... on July March 4th, 2010