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Austedo: Uses, How It Works, and Common Side Effects

Austedo is an oral medication used to treat two movement disorders in adults: Huntington’s disease and tardive dyskinesia. It comes in immediate-release tablets that are taken twice per day, and once-daily extended-release tablets.

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Austedo is an oral medication used to treat two movement disorders in adults: Huntington’s disease and tardive dyskinesia.

It comes in immediate-release tablets that are taken twice per day, and once-daily extended-release tablets.

Austedo was first approved by the FDA in 2017.

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