ANTICHOLINERGIC EXACERBATION OF PSYCHOTIC SYMPTOMS: A CASE REPORT

Autor: Jambunathan S T, Muhsin M, Abdul Rashid R, Gill J S
Rok vydání: 2005
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Zdroj: Journal of Health and Translational Medicine. 8:61-62
ISSN: 2289-392X
DOI: 10.22452/jummec.vol8no1.12
Popis: A common practice in psychiatry when treating patients is the concurrent administration of anticholinergics along with antipsychotics, either to prevent or treat extrapyramidal syndrome reactions from occurring. However, most antipsychotics have inherent anticholinergic properties themselves. Therefore, this subtype of these patients have a higher than usual risk of developing anticholinergic side-effects, ofwhich the central nervous manifestations can mimic psychosis, and may cloud judgement on patients' progress towards their treatment.
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