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The use of tacrine for tardive dyskinesia

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.140.12.1629

The authors administered 45-90 mg/day of tacrine to eight patients with tardive dyskinesia. After 2 weeks of treatment, there was a mean reduction in tardive dyskinesia scores of 43%. No improvement occurred when a placebo was used instead of tacrine.

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