Full Text of HR0807 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Many peoples with serious, chronic mental | 3 | | illness, such as schizophrenia
and other schizoaffective | 4 | | disorders, bipolar disorder, or severe depression, require | 5 | | treatment with
medications that work as dopamine receptor | 6 | | blocking agents (DRBAs), including antipsychotics; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, While ongoing treatment with these medications | 8 | | can be very helpful and
even lifesaving for many people, it can | 9 | | also lead to Tardive Dyskinesia (TD); and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Many people who have gastrointestinal disorders, | 11 | | including gastroparesis,
nausea, and vomiting, also require | 12 | | treatment with DRBAs; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Treatment of gastrointestinal disorders with | 14 | | DRBAs can be very helpful, but
for many patients, it can lead | 15 | | to Tardive Dyskinesia; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Tardive Dyskinesia is a movement disorder that is | 17 | | characterized by random,
involuntary, and uncontrolled | 18 | | movements of different muscles in the face, trunk, and | 19 | | extremities; in some cases, people may experience movement of | 20 | | the arms, legs, fingers, and toes; it may affect the tongue, | 21 | | lips, and jaw; symptoms may include swaying
movements of the |
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| 1 | | trunk or hips and may impact the muscles associated with | 2 | | walking, speech,
eating, and breathing; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Tardive Dyskinesia can develop months, years, or | 4 | | decades after a person
starts taking DRBAs and even after they | 5 | | have discontinued use of those medications; not
everyone who | 6 | | takes a DRBA develops TD, but if it develops, it is often | 7 | | permanent; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Common risk factors for Tardive Dyskinesia | 9 | | include advanced age and
alcoholism or other substance abuse | 10 | | disorders; postmenopausal women and people with a mood
disorder | 11 | | are also at a higher risk of developing Tardive Dyskinesia; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, A person is at a higher risk for TD after talking | 13 | | DRBAs for three months or
longer, but the longer the person is | 14 | | on these medications then the higher the risk of developing
| 15 | | Tardive Dyskinesia; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Studies suggest that overall risk of developing | 17 | | Tardive Dyskinesia is
between 10 and 30 percent; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, It is estimated that over 500,000 Americans suffer | 19 | | from Tardive Dyskinesia; according to the National Alliance for | 20 | | Mental Illness, one in every four patients receiving long-term
| 21 | | treatment with an antipsychotic medication will experience |
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| 1 | | Tardive Dyskinesia; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Years of difficult and challenging research have | 3 | | resulted in recent scientific
breakthroughs, with two new | 4 | | treatments for Tardive Dyskinesia approved by the United States
| 5 | | Food and Drug Administration; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Tardive Dyskinesia is often unrecognized, and | 7 | | patients suffering from the
illness are commonly misdiagnosed; | 8 | | regular screening for TD in patients taking DRBA
medications is | 9 | | recommended by the American Psychiatric Association (APA); and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Patients suffering from Tardive Dyskinesia often | 11 | | suffer embarrassment due
to abnormal and involuntary | 12 | | movements, which leads them to withdraw from society and
| 13 | | increasingly isolate themselves as the disease progresses; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Caregivers of patients with Tardive Dyskinesia | 15 | | face many challenges and
are often responsible for the overall | 16 | | care of the TD patient; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 18 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 19 | | we declare May 3-9,
2020 as "Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week" | 20 | | in the State of Illinois; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That we urge the citizens of Illinois and those | 2 | | across the country to become better informed
about Tardive | 3 | | Dyskinesia.
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