Objective: The authors studied the effects of vitamin E treatment of tardive dyskinesia; earlier studies have produced contradictory results.

Method: Twenty-eight patients with tardive dyskinesia were treated in a double-blind, parallel-group comparison study of 8-12 weeks of treatment with vitamin E (1600 IU/day) or matching placebo capsules.

Results: The Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale scores of the patients treated with vitamin E improved significantly compared to the scores of the patients given placebo.

Conclusions: These results support earlier findings of the efficacy of vitamin E in treating tardive dyskinesia.

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