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Acute drug-induced akathisia is not associated with low serum iron status

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The iron status of 50 consecutively admitted psychiatric patients due to be started on neuroleptic medication was examined. Fifteen of the patients developed akathisia in the 2 weeks of follow-up. The patients did not differ significantly from the 35 non-akathisic patients in serum iron and transferrin levels and haemoglobin values. The findings do not support the postulated association between low serum iron status and acute neuroleptic-induced akathisia.

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  1. Neuropsychiatric Institute, The Prince Henry Hospital, Little Bay, Sydney, Australia

    Perminder Sachdev & Celia Loneragan

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Sachdev, P., Loneragan, C. Acute drug-induced akathisia is not associated with low serum iron status. Psychopharmacology 103, 138–139 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02244089

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