In February 2009, the FDA informed the medical community that manufacturers of metoclopramide, a drug used to remedy gastrointestinal disorders, would be required to add a warning to their drug labels about the potential dangers of its long-term or high-dose treatment. What has commonly happened is that a person takes Reglan for an extended period of time and then he or she develops a side effect. One such side effect is tardive dyskinesia. This disease causes a variety of involuntary movements, tremors, speech problems and more. Tardive dyskenesia is rarely reversible and there is no known treatment.

Metoclopramide is available in a several forms and the names include some version of Reglan or the actual word, metoclopramide. More than 2 million people in this country are taking some form of the drug, according to FDA estimates. Reglan manufacturers including Wyeth, a successor-in-interest to A.H. Robins, Inc., and American Home Products Corporation, and Schwarz Pharma, Inc. Generic manufacturers of metoclopramide including Teva Pharmaceuticals and Actavis Elizabeth.

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