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Clinical Trial
. 2002 Oct;27(4):684-6.
doi: 10.1016/S0893-133X(02)00325-1.

Nicotine decreases bradykinesia-rigidity in haloperidol-treated patients with schizophrenia

Yen Kuang Yang  1 , Leann Nelson, Lakshmi Kamaraju, William Wilson, Joseph P McEvoy
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Clinical Trial

Nicotine decreases bradykinesia-rigidity in haloperidol-treated patients with schizophrenia

Yen Kuang Yang et al. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2002 Oct.
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Abstract

We applied nicotine 21 mg and matching placebo transdermal patches to thirty haloperidol-treated patients with schizophrenia who smoked. Clinical assessments of bradykinesia-rigidity were lower during nicotine patch administration than during placebo patch administration.

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