Background. Oculogyric crisis is a form of acute dystonic reaction characterized by involuntary upward deviation of eye ball. Its causes are broad with antipsychotics and antiemetics as the most common causes. Case Presentation. A 25-year-old man with the past medical history of marijuana use presented to ED with involuntary upward deviation of eye 1 day after using phencyclidine (PCP) for the ...

A 52-year-old woman with Parkinson disease (PD) since age 42 on carbidopa/levodopa 25/ 250 5 times/d developed “offs” characterized by left foot dystonia. After adding rasagiline 1mg/ d, multihour episodes of gaze deviation, anxiety, retrocollis, and dyskinesias ensued (video, links.lww.com/WNL/A30). Symptoms, marginally improved with diphenhydramine, resolved when levodopa was held temporarily...

4-P-CHL0R0PHENYL-l-(3-p-fiuorobenzoylpropyl)-4-hydroxypiperidine (R. 1625, Haloperidol) is a new compound synthesized by Janssen et al. (1959) and reported to have biological properties similar to those of the phenothiazines at a much lower dosage level. One difference, however, was a greater tendency to potentiate pentobarbitone hypnosis. Von Eiff and Jesdinsky (1960) conducted a “¿ double b...

Oculogyric crisis (OGC), frequently caused by medications such as antiemetics, antidepressants, and anti-epileptics, is an acute dystonic reaction of the ocular muscles. It consists of wide-staring gaze (lasting variably from seconds to minutes), seizures, and a widely-opened mouth. To date, there have been no reports of anti-tuberculosis medications such as rifampicin, isoniazid, pyrazinamide ...

Postencephalitic parkinsonism has been considered unique among disorders with parkinsonian features because it is believed to have a unitary etiology associated with the virus that presumably caused encephalitis lethargica. Careful analysis of the historical record, however, suggests that this relationship is more complex than commonly perceived. In most cases, the diagnosis of acute encephalit...