The health care provider is assessing a patient who was recently prescribed loxapine (Loxitane). Which of the following symptoms would indicate that this patient is experiencing the adverse effect of dystonia?
a. Lip smacking
b. Tongue thrusting
c. Shuffling gait
d. Movement of eyeballs upward
ANS: D
Dystonia can be noted by either oculogyric crisis (movement of the eyeballs upward and posteri-orly) or opisthotonos (head and heels bent backward with body bowed).
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