Q: What percentage of people experience tardive dyskinesia when taking BuSpar Oral?
Nancy,
Thank you for your question,
Tardive dyskinesia is not a known side effect of Buspar (buspirone), though there have been some case reports in which a patient taking buspirone experiences tardive dyskinesias. There have even been studies performed where buspirone was used to treat TD. You can read more about Buspar's side effect profile here.
Casey
Actually TD is a listed side effect of buspirone. See the PDA, epocrates, and UptoDate online. One database of side effect reports lists 45 cases in over 9,000 reports ) or 0.45% of those taking buspirone that did report some kind of side effect.
http://www.ehealthme.com/ds/buspar/tardive+dyskinesia
Tom
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Actually TD is a listed side effect of buspirone. See the PDA, epocrates, and UptoDate online. One database of side effect reports lists 45 cases in over 9,000 reports ) or 0.45% of those taking buspirone that did report some kind of side effect.
http://www.ehealthme.com/ds/buspar/tardive+dyskinesia
Tom