Vitamin E

CAM (antioxidant)

Tardive dyskinesia² (prevents worsening but does not improve it)

Sleep quality³

Features

Elderly-Safe, Generic, Tolerable, Non-controlled, Natural, Bipolar-Safe, Weight-Free, Sexual-free, Non-sedating, Medication

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Dosing

TD: Vitamin E 1200-1600 IU qd, may divide BID

Sleep quality: 400 IU qd

Management

No major risks.

EMR Text

Tardive dyskinesia

Vitamin E recommended based on randomized controlled trials were it prevented worsening of tardive dyskinesia (Soares-Weiser K et al, Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2018;1(1):CD000209).

Sleep quality

Vitamin E recommended based on a randomized controlled trial were it improved sleep quality (Thongchumnum W et al, Nutrients. 2023;15(5):1187).

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