Akathisia is a side effect of certain drugs that causes an uncontrollable urge to move the legs. It often begins soon after a person starts on a new medication. It is crucial for people with akathisia ...

September 6, 2011 (Paris, France) — A relaxation program lasting only 12 minutes that involves breathing and tension-reduction exercises may help reduce refractory akathisia in patients with chronic ...

Overdose deaths involving opioids, including prescription opioids, heroin, and synthetic opioids (like fentanyl), have increased over six times since 1999 and have soared nearly 30% in 2020. Before ...

Akathisia is a common movement disorder associated with the use of antipsychotic medications. Ladislav Hakovec, a neuropathology professor at the University of Prague, coined the word akathisia as a ...

Many diseases have commonly been misdiagnosed, undiagnosed, or hurriedly treated because they mimic many different diseases or present unconventionally. Counted among these have been syphilis and ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Friday, September 20, was the first International Akathisia Awareness Day. Akathisia, a side effect that can cause suicide, is largely unknown even among doctors. After ruling out ...