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Akineton advertisement, 1962. Mental Hospitals, Vol. 13, No. 10. in drug-induced parkinsonism, interrupt tranquilizer therapy (or just add Akineton) a prompt, well-tolerated countermeasure for akinesia * motor restlessness * akathisia * torticollis * oculogyric crises * chorea * Akineton "...avoids the risk of loss of therapeutic benefit and permits uninterrupted phenothiazine therapy ...Akineton was not responsible for a single dangerous or toxic effect in the 500 patients treated."* Tablets -- 2 mg. (bisected) Akineton hydrochloride. Ampules -- 1 cc. containing 5 mg. Akineton lactate. For dosage in drug-induced extrapyramidal disorders and Parkinson's disease, see PDR. Write for literature. *Ayd, Frank. J., Jr.: Drug-Induced Extrapyramidal Reactions: Their Clinical Manifestations and Treatment with Akineton. Psychosomatics 1:143 (May-June) 1960. AKINETON® brand of biperiden Knoll Pharmaceutical Company ~ Orange, New Jersey |