Shibuya M, Hojo T, Hase Y, Fujisawa T
Department of Dental Anesthesiology, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Graduate School of Dental Medicine, Hokkaido University.
Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2018 Jul;56(6):546-548. doi: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2018.05.013. Epub 2018 Jun 13.
Oral surgery can be difficult in patients with chorea-like dyskinesia, which is common in those on long-term levodopa medication for Parkinson's disease, and we know of no conclusive evidence to indicate whether conscious sedation with midazolam is effective in such cases. We report a patient in whom levodopa-induced chorea-like dyskinesia disappeared when midazolam was given intravenously for conscious sedation.