HouseUNOFFICIAL ResolutionCOPY 1821 -RS IntroducedBR HOUSE1818 A RESOLUTION NO.declaring the week of May 2 to 8, 2021, to be Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week.

18WHEREAS, BYmany WOODpeople Awith Resolutionserious, designatingchronic Tardivemental Dyskinesiaillness, Awarenesssuch Week.as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, severe depression, and gastrointestinal disorders, including gastroparesis, nausea, and vomiting, require treatment with medications that work as dopamine receptor blocking agents (DRBAs), including antipsychotics;

and WHEREAS, manyalthough peopleongoing treatment with serious,these chronicmedications mentalcan illness,be suchhelpful asand schizophrenia,even bipolarlifesaving, disorder,for andmany severepeople, depression;it can also lead to Tardive Dyskinesia;

orand gastrointestinalWHEREAS, disorders,Tardive includingDyskinesia gastroparesis,is nausea,a movement disorder that is characterized by random, involuntary, and vomiting;uncontrolled movements of different muscles in the face, trunk, and extremities;

requireand treatmentWHEREAS, withTardive medicationsDyskinesia thatcan workdevelop asmonths, dopamineyears, receptoror blockingdecades agentsafter (DRBAs)a suchperson asstarts antipsychotics;taking DRBAs and even after discontinuing use of those medications.

andNot WHEREAS,everyone ongoingwho treatmenttakes witha DRBAsDRBA candevelops beTardive helpfulDyskinesia, or even life-saving, but forif manyit people,develops, theit medicationsis canoften leadpermanent; to Tardive Dyskinesia (TD);

and WHEREAS, TDit is aestimated movement disorder that isover characterized500,000 byAmericans random,suffer involuntary,from andTardive uncontrolledDyskinesia. movements of different muscles in the face, torso, and extremities;

andAccording WHEREAS,to TDthe canNational significantlyAlliance affectfor aMental person’sIllness, qualityone ofin lifeevery byfour makingpatients routinereceiving physicallong-term taskstreatment morewith difficult;an antipsychotic medication will experience Tardive Dyskinesia;

and WHEREAS, TDyears canof bedifficult aand permanentchallenging conditionresearch andhave mayresulted developin months,recent years,scientific orbreakthroughs, evenwith decadestwo afternew atreatments personfor startsTardive takingDyskinesia, DRBAs,approved evenby if the personUnited discontinuedStates usingFood DRBAs;and Drug Administration;

and WHEREAS, theTardive NationalDyskinesia Instituteis ofoften Neurologicalunrecognized Disorders and Strokepatients estimatessuffering thatfrom atthe leastillness 500,000are Americanscommonly suffermisdiagnosed. from TD;

andRegular WHEREAS,screening recentfor researchTardive hasDyskinesia shownin thatpatients between 20 and 30 percent of all people taking DRBAsDRBA willmedications LSBis 2566YHrecommended (1)by 90the -1-American dg/rnPsychiatric 1/2Association; H.R.

18and experienceWHEREAS, TD,by withdeclaring women,Tardive AfricanDyskinesia Americans,Awareness andWeek, the elderlyHouse beingof mostPage at1 risk;of 2 XXXX Jacketed UNOFFICIAL COPY 21 RS BR 1818 Representatives can raise awareness of Tardive Dyskinesia in the public and in the medical community;

andNOW, WHEREAS,THEREFORE, yearsBe ofit difficultresolved andby challengingthe researchHouse haveof resultedRepresentatives inof scientificthe breakthroughsGeneral leadingAssembly toof twothe newCommonwealth Unitedof StatesKentucky: Food and Drug Administration-approved treatments for TD;

andSection WHEREAS,1. TD is often unrecognized or misdiagnosed as a mental illness, and as a result, patients are often prescribed more neurologic drugs which increase the probably the patient will develop a severe or disabling case of TD;

andThe WHEREAS,House of Representatives does hereby designate the Americanweek Psychiatricof AssociationMay recommends2 regularto TD8, screenings2021, forto patientsbe takingTardive DRBAs;Dyskinesia Awareness Week.

andSection WHEREAS,2. the House of Representatives has the privilege of being in a position to raise public and medical community awareness of TD;

NOWThe THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, That the House of Representatives designatesencourages theeach weekindividual ofin Maythe 1,United 2023,States as Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week, and encourages every Iowan to becomebe better informed aboutand aware of Tardive Dyskinesia.

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