Task Specific Focal Dystonia (Writer’s Cramp): An Unusual Adverse Effects of Aripiprazole | Chapter 9 | Current Overview on Disease and Health Research Vol. 5

 Pen’s cramp is the most generally linked tasks specific focal dystonia of jotting, characterized by abnormal muscle spasm of hand and arm. In my case a 20( twenty) times unattached manly from civic part of Tripura, India was presented with history of difficulty to write because of a stiffening of his right hand and also he was noticed that prolonged period of jotting caused cramping pain of his right hand. He was diagnosed a case of paranoid schizophrenia( F20.0) as per ICD- 10 for last three times and was on tablet Aripiprazole. opinion of pen’s cramp was made which developed after six months of treatment with Aripiprazole 15 mg.

Author(s) Details:

Priyajyoti Chakma,
Department of Psychiatry, Agartala Goverment Medical College, Agartala, Tripura West, India.

Punyadhar Das,
Department of Psychiatry, Agartala Goverment Medical College, Agartala, Tripura West, India.

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