TRIHEXYPHENIDYL

Course overview

TRIHEXYPHENIDYL WORKS AS AN ANTICHOLINERGIC AND IS USED FOR THE TREATMENT OF TREMORS, SPASMS, STIFFNESS, AND WEAK MUSCLE CONTROL SEEN IN PATIENTS WITH PARKINSON DISEASE. IT CAN ALSO BE USED FOR THE PREVENTION OR TREATMENT OF SIMILAR MUSCULAR CONDITIONS, WHICH ARE CAUSED BY CERTAIN CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM (CNS) DRUGS SUCH AS FLUPHENAZINE, HALOPERIDOL, CHLORPROMAZINE. IT WAS APPROVED FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF ALL TYPES OF PARKINSONISM (IDIOPATHIC, POSTENCEPHALITIC, AND ARTERIOSCLEROTIC) IN JUNE 2003 BY THE FDA. THIS ACTIVITY OUTLINES THE INDICATIONS, MECHANISM OF ACTION, METHODS OF ADMINISTRATION, IMPORTANT ADVERSE EFFECTS, CONTRAINDICATIONS, TOXICITY, AND MONITORING, OF TRIHEXYPHENIDYL SO PROVIDERS CAN DIRECT PATIENT THERAPY AS INDICATED AS PART OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM.