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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, Many peoples with serious, chronic mental 
3illness, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, severe 
4depression, or gastrointestinal disorders that include 
5gastroparesis, nausea, and vomiting, require treatment with 
6medications that work as dopamine receptor blocking agents 
7(DRBAs), including antipsychotics; and
  
 
8    WHEREAS, While ongoing treatment with these medications 
9can be very helpful, even lifesaving, for many people, it can 
10also lead to Tardive Dyskinesia (TD); and
 
11    WHEREAS, Tardive Dyskinesia is a movement disorder that is 
12characterized by random, involuntary, and uncontrolled 
13movements of different muscles in the face, trunk, and 
14extremities; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Tardive Dyskinesia can develop months, years, or 
16decades after a person starts taking DRBAs and even after they 
17have discontinued use of those medications; not everyone who 
18takes a DRBA develops TD, but if it develops, it is often 
19permanent; and
  
 
20    WHEREAS, It is estimated that over 500,000 Americans 
21suffer from Tardive Dyskinesia; according to the National 
 
 
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1Alliance for Mental Illness, one in every four patients 
2receiving long-term treatment with an antipsychotic medication 
3will experience Tardive Dyskinesia; and
  
 
4    WHEREAS, Years of difficult and challenging research have 
5resulted in recent scientific breakthroughs, with two new 
6treatments for Tardive Dyskinesia approved by the United 
7States Food and Drug Administration; and
  
 
8    WHEREAS, Tardive Dyskinesia is often unrecognized, and 
9patients suffering from the illness are commonly misdiagnosed; 
10regular screening for TD in patients taking DRBA medications 
11is recommended by the American Psychiatric Association (APA); 
12therefore, be it
  
 
  
13    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL 
14ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we declare the week of 
15May 2, 2021 as "Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week" in the 
16State of Illinois; and be it further
  
 
17    RESOLVED, That we encourage every individual in the United 
18States to become better informed about and aware of Tardive 
19Dyskinesia.