Complicating Factors in the Analysis of Acute Drug-Induced Akathisia

The detailed and interesting report of Sachdev and Kruk1 in the December 1994 issue of the Archives itemizes many of the complexities involved in the assessment of acute neuroleptic-induced akathisia. There are several issues, however, that merit comment.An important oversight in the article is the lack of attention to the use of benzodiazepines by the patients being studied. Benzodiazepine medication is a wellrecognized treatment for acute …