Haloperidol-induced painless legs and moving toe syndrome in a schizophrenia patient: a case report
Painless legs and moving toe syndrome (PoLMT) is a rare syndrome characterized by involuntary movements of the toe without pain. The exact etiology of the patient's PoLMT is unknown. We present a case of PoLMT in 45-year-old woman with a history of haloperidol intake for 10 months. Haloperidol...
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| author | Mugundan U Maheshwari Natarajan Shanmugasundaram Karthik Sankar Mahendran Sekar Ling S Wong Sarvesh Sabarathinam M Yasmin Begum Srikanth Jeyabalan |
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| description | Painless legs and moving toe syndrome (PoLMT) is a rare syndrome characterized by involuntary movements of the toe without pain. The exact etiology of the patient's PoLMT is unknown. We present a case of PoLMT in 45-year-old woman with a history of haloperidol intake for 10 months. Haloperidol was discontinued, and aripiprazole (15 mg) was initiated. After this switch, a reduction in movement was observed in the third and fourth toes; however, the second toe showed no discernible change. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c120bf9b07ef4115bf3ceffbda88c7f22025-08-20T03:27:44ZengTaylor & Francis GroupFuture Science OA2056-56232024-12-0110110.2144/fsoa-2023-0207Haloperidol-induced painless legs and moving toe syndrome in a schizophrenia patient: a case reportMugundan U Maheshwari0Natarajan Shanmugasundaram1Karthik Sankar2Mahendran Sekar3Ling S Wong4Sarvesh Sabarathinam5M Yasmin Begum6Srikanth Jeyabalan7Department of Pharmacy Practice, Sri Ramachandra Faculty of Pharmacy, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education & Research (DU), Porur, Chennai, 600 116, Tamil Nadu, IndiaDepartment of Psychiatry, Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Research Institute, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education & Research (DU), Porur, Chennai, 600 116, Tamil Nadu, IndiaDepartment of Pharmacy Practice, Sri Ramachandra Faculty of Pharmacy, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education & Research (DU), Porur, Chennai, 600 116, Tamil Nadu, IndiaSchool of Pharmacy, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway, Subang Jaya 47500, Selangor, MalaysiaFaculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, INTI International University, Nilai, Negeri Sembilan 71800, MalaysiaDrug Testing Laboratory (DTL), Interdisciplinary Institute of Indian System of Medicine (IIISM), SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu-603203, IndiaDepartment of Pharmacuetics, College of Pharmacy, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Pharmacology, Sri Ramachandra Faculty of Pharmacy, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research (DU), Porur, Chennai-600116, Tamilnadu, IndiaPainless legs and moving toe syndrome (PoLMT) is a rare syndrome characterized by involuntary movements of the toe without pain. The exact etiology of the patient's PoLMT is unknown. We present a case of PoLMT in 45-year-old woman with a history of haloperidol intake for 10 months. Haloperidol was discontinued, and aripiprazole (15 mg) was initiated. After this switch, a reduction in movement was observed in the third and fourth toes; however, the second toe showed no discernible change.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.2144/fsoa-2023-0207haloperidolpainless legstardive dyskinesia |
| spellingShingle | Mugundan U Maheshwari Natarajan Shanmugasundaram Karthik Sankar Mahendran Sekar Ling S Wong Sarvesh Sabarathinam M Yasmin Begum Srikanth Jeyabalan Haloperidol-induced painless legs and moving toe syndrome in a schizophrenia patient: a case report Future Science OA haloperidol painless legs tardive dyskinesia |
| title | Haloperidol-induced painless legs and moving toe syndrome in a schizophrenia patient: a case report |
| title_full | Haloperidol-induced painless legs and moving toe syndrome in a schizophrenia patient: a case report |
| title_fullStr | Haloperidol-induced painless legs and moving toe syndrome in a schizophrenia patient: a case report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Haloperidol-induced painless legs and moving toe syndrome in a schizophrenia patient: a case report |
| title_short | Haloperidol-induced painless legs and moving toe syndrome in a schizophrenia patient: a case report |
| title_sort | haloperidol induced painless legs and moving toe syndrome in a schizophrenia patient a case report |
| topic | haloperidol painless legs tardive dyskinesia |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.2144/fsoa-2023-0207 |
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