The rates for tardive dyskinesia are astronomical. The latest estimate from the American Psychiatric Association (1992, p. 68) indicates a rate for all patients of five per cent per year, so that 15 per cent of patients develop tardive dyskinesia within o

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The rates for tardive dyskinesia are astronomical. The latest estimate from the American Psychiatric Association (1992, p. 68) indicates a rate for all patients of five per cent per year, so that 15 per cent of patients develop tardive dyskinesia within only three years. In long-term studies, the prevalence of tardive dyskinesia often exceeds 50 per cent of all treated patients and is probably much higher. The disease affects people of all ages, including children, but among older patients rates escalate. In a controlled study, 41 per cent of patients aged 65 and older developed tardive dyskinesia in a mere 24 months (Yassa et al., 1988). Hundreds of thousands of older people receive these drugs in nursing homes and state hospitals. — I’m not a humanitarian, I’m a hell-raiser."                      -Mother Jones

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Your math doesn’t work. 5 percent per year is ***5 percent per year***- out of 100 patients, 5 will show symptoms in a given year. The statistic is not cumulative. BTW:  TD is not necessarily permanent in everyone who shows initial symptoms, so stop the scare tactics.

> The rates for tardive dyskinesia are astronomical. The latest estimate from the American > Psychiatric Association (1992, p. 68) indicates a rate for all patients of five per cent > per year, so that 15 per cent of patients develop tardive dyskinesia within only three > years. In long-term studies, the prevalence of tardive dyskinesia often exceeds 50 per > cent of all treated patients and is probably much higher. The disease affects people of > all ages, including children, but among older patients rates escalate. In a controlled > study, 41 per cent of patients aged 65 and older developed tardive

dyskinesia in a mere 24 – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> months (Yassa et al., 1988). Hundreds of thousands of older people receive these drugs in > nursing homes and state hospitals. > — > I’m not a humanitarian, I’m a hell-raiser." >                      -Mother Jones

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It is cumulative. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Your math doesn’t work. 5 percent per year is ***5 percent per year***- out >of 100 patients, 5 will show symptoms in a given year. The statistic is not >cumulative. >BTW:  TD is not necessarily permanent in everyone who shows initial >symptoms, so stop the scare tactics. > The rates for tardive dyskinesia are astronomical. The latest estimate >from the American > Psychiatric Association (1992, p. 68) indicates a rate for all patients of >five per cent > per year, so that 15 per cent of patients develop tardive dyskinesia >within only three > years. In long-term studies, the prevalence of tardive dyskinesia often >exceeds 50 per > cent of all treated patients and is probably much higher. The disease >affects people of > all ages, including children, but among older patients rates escalate. In >a controlled > study, 41 per cent of patients aged 65 and older developed tardive >dyskinesia in a mere 24 > months (Yassa et al., 1988). Hundreds of thousands of older people receive >these drugs in > nursing homes and state hospitals. > — > I’m not a humanitarian, I’m a hell-raiser." >                      -Mother Jones

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wrong… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Your math doesn’t work. 5 percent per year is ***5 percent per year***- out >of 100 patients, 5 will show symptoms in a given year. The statistic is not >cumulative. >BTW:  TD is not necessarily permanent in everyone who shows initial >symptoms, so stop the scare tactics. > The rates for tardive dyskinesia are astronomical. The latest estimate >from the American > Psychiatric Association (1992, p. 68) indicates a rate for all patients of >five per cent > per year, so that 15 per cent of patients develop tardive dyskinesia >within only three > years. In long-term studies, the prevalence of tardive dyskinesia often >exceeds 50 per > cent of all treated patients and is probably much higher. The disease >affects people of > all ages, including children, but among older patients rates escalate. In >a controlled > study, 41 per cent of patients aged 65 and older developed tardive >dyskinesia in a mere 24 > months (Yassa et al., 1988). Hundreds of thousands of older people receive >these drugs in > nursing homes and state hospitals. > — > I’m not a humanitarian, I’m a hell-raiser." >                      -Mother Jones

– I’m not a humanitarian, I’m a hell-raiser."                      -Mother Jones

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