RESEARCH ARTICLE


Withdrawal-Emergent Dyskinesias following Varenicline Therapy



Brittany A Toffey, Marcie Rabin , Roger Kurlan*
Atlantic Neuroscience Institute, Overlook Medical Center, 99 Beauvoir Avenue, Summit, NJ 07901, USA


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* Address correspondence to this author at the Atlantic Neuroscience Institute, Overlook Medical Center, 99 Beauvoir Avenue, Summit, NJ 07901, USA; Tel: 908-522-2089; Fax: 908-522-6147; E-mail: roger.kurlan@atlantichealth.org


Abstract

Varenicline (Chantix[R]) is a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor partial agonist used to aid smoking cessation. Adverse psychiatric and behavioral effects of the drug are recognized and national drug monitoring has included reports of tardive dyskinesia, but no cases have been described in the literature. We now report the first two cases of varenicline-related withdrawal emergent dyskinesias.

Keywords: Dyskinesias, verenicline, withdrawal emergent.