Ziconotide-Induced Oro-lingual Dyskinesia: 3 Cases.
Publication/Presentation Date
10-6-2020
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Ziconotide (ZCN), a nonopioid analgesic, is first-line intrathecal therapy for patients with severe chronic pain refractory to other management options. We describe three cases of ZCN-induced movement disorders.
CASES: Case one is a 64-year-old woman who presented with oro-lingual (OL) dyskinesia with dysesthesias and bilateral upper extremity kinetic tremor. Case two is a 43-year-old man with a 20-month history of ZCN treatment who developed OL dyskinesia with dysesthesias, involuntary left hand and neck movements, hallucinations, dysesthesias on his feet, and gait imbalance. Case three is a 70-year-old man with a 4-month history of ZCN use who developed OL dyskinesia with dysesthesias.
CONCLUSIONS: Intrathecal treatment of pain with ZCN may be complicated by a drug-induced movement disorder where OL dyskinesia is characteristic. The movement disorder is likely to be dose related and reversible with ZCN discontinuation, but a chronic movement disorder is also possible.
Volume
10
First Page
37
Last Page
37
ISSN
2160-8288
Published In/Presented At
Grajny, K., Durphy, J., Adam, O., Azher, S., Gupta, M., & Molho, E. (2020). Ziconotide-Induced Oro-lingual Dyskinesia: 3 Cases. Tremor and other hyperkinetic movements (New York, N.Y.), 10, 37. https://doi.org/10.5334/tohm.431
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
33101763
Department(s)
Department of Medicine
Document Type
Article