Visual and auditory hallucinations with excessive intake of paroxetine
Visual and auditory hallucinations with excessive intake of paroxetine
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过量摄入帕罗西汀会出现幻视和幻听
DOI:
10.1046/j.1440-1819.2003.01163.x
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发表时间:
2003
影响因子:
11.9
通讯作者:
H. Arai
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文献类型:
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作者:
R. Kumagai;T. Ohnuma;T. Nagata;H. Arai
Paroxetine, a selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor (SSRI), has gained popularity as an effective and safe treatment because it produces few side-effects. However, investigators have reported several psychiatric side-effects, including cases with organic factors in which hallucinations were experienced during treatment with a SSRI. 1–5 Here, we report on a patient without organic factors, who had hallucinations due to excessive use of paroxetine. The patient was a 28-year-old Japanese woman diagnosed with dissociative disorder according to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th edn; DSM-IV) criteria and has experienced symptoms of dissociation since she was 25 years of age. These symptoms only appeared once or twice a month and other symptoms, specifically hallucinations, were never seen, and hence she did not attend a hospital. The patient experienced a complicated panic attack when she was 27 years old, and was treated at hospital and was prescribed paroxetine, with dose adjustments of 20–40 mg daily for a few months. The patient came to expect more of an effect from the paroxetine for her panic symptoms and increased the dose up to 120 mg per day by herself. After 1 month of the self-prescribed increase of paroxetine, she experienced hallucinations, which included seeing a man sitting in a vacant seat, hearing a baby’s cry and hearing music while working without confusion. Her doctor discontinued her treatment with paroxetine. After 4 days the patient was unable to control her temper and experienced hallucinations and was admitted to Juntendo Koshigaya Hospital. A medical work-up, including computed tomography of the head, chest X-rays, electrocardiogram, complete blood count, liver, renal and thyroid function tests, and urine analysis showed no abnormalities. Electroencephalography showed no evidence of consciousness disorder. Vital signs were normal. A small amount of neuroleptics (sultopride; 150 mg/day) were given to treat her hallucinations and temper. Twelve days after the administration of sultopride (16 days from the time paroxetine treatment was discontinued), the symptoms disappeared. Since then, the patient has never experienced hallucinations and the neuroleptic was switched to benzodiazepine. Ta bl e 1. P re vi ou sl y re po rt ed c as es o f ha llu ci na ti on s el ic it ed b y SS R I R ef er en ce s