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Query: UMLS:C0027066 (myoclonus)
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Metoclopramide hydrochloride is increasingly used as an antiemetic agent. Clinical and experimental studies have demonstrated dopamine antagonism, and extrapyramidal side effects have been reported in patients given the drug for gastrointestinal disorders. Multifocal myoclonic jerking developed in our patient after he received metoclopramide therapy for gastroparesis due to renal failure. He had had no previous neurologic symptoms, and no evidence of CNS abnormality was found; the myoclonic jerking subsided when metoclopramide therapy was discontinued. Multifocal myoclonus must be differentiated from seizure activity in patients with renal failure and other metabolic encephalopathies. Metoclopramide clearance is reduced in renal failure, and myoclonus or other neurologic complications may be precipitated in such patients by usual doses of this drug.
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PMID:Myoclonus induced by metoclopramide therapy. 663 45

A 40-year-old woman with bipolar disorder who was taking mirtazapine presented with mydriasis, abnormal diaphoresis, myoclonus and muscle rigidity after taking metocloplamide. Her medical history, which included the use of serotonergic agents, and the presence of symptoms including myoclonus and muscle rigidity were consistent with a diagnosis of serotonin syndrome (SS) according to the Hunter criteria. The symptoms diminished following three days of treatment with oral lorazepam and cyproheptadine and a reduced dose of mirtazapine. Metoclopramide is frequently used to various gastric symptom. Metoclopramide is not widely known to induce SS. This potentially fatal condition should be avoided by exercising care in the use of drugs that have the potential to cause drug-drug interactions.
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PMID:Metoclopramide-induced Serotonin Syndrome. 2832 Oct 81