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Akineton [biperiden hydrochloride]
Identifier
001525
Type of Spiritual Experience
Number of hallucinations: 146
Background
A description of the experience
Biperiden Is an antiparkinsonian agent of the anticholinergic type. The original brand name, which still exists is Akineton . “ In young, healthy volunteers, peak plasma concentrations following a single oral 4 mg immediate-release dose are reached after 1.5 hours. The elimination half-life has been determined as 18.4 hours, and may be prolonged in geriatric patients. After a 4 mg intravenous dose, the elimination half-life is approximately 24 hours”. It has an atropine-like blocking effect on “all peripheral structures which are parasympathetic-innervated (e.g. cardiovascular and visceral organs). It also has a prominent central blocking effect on M1 receptors”.
Most common Akineton side effects from eHealthme
- Fever - (284 reports)
- Agitation - (241 reports)
- Neuroleptic malignant syndrome - (235 reports)
- Blood creatine phosphokinase increased - (199 reports)
- Drowsiness - (176 reports)
- Suicide attempt - (173 reports)
- Fall - (168 reports)
- Arrhythmias - (164 reports)
- Tremor - (152 reports)
- Rhabdomyolysis - (146 reports)