VIDEO: Addressing challenges in tardive dyskinesia care

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The biggest challenges occur before the patient sees a movement disorders neurologist. So by the time they get in to see me or any movement disorders neurologist, often the treatments are available, we can discuss the pros and cons of treatments and then you know, the barriers aren't really there often. Although I will say occasionally cost can be a barrier with these newer medicines. There are a lot of patients that have tardive dyskinesia that don't know what it is or don't know that there's treatment for it. As I said earlier, the treatments are relatively new, so not everybody's aware of them, both physicians and patients. So I think that's the bigger barrier is the lack of knowledge about these treatments, or the fact of what tardive dyskinesia is and how it can be treated.