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- Title
A successful management with electroconvulsive therapy of neuroleptic malignant syndrome due to amisulpride.
- Authors
Karayağmurlu, Ali; Karayağmurlu, Elif; Üstündağ, Mehmet Fatih; Yazla, Ece
- Abstract
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome is a severe complication that mainly occurs based on neuroleptic drug treatment and characterized with some autonomic symptoms, altered mental state, hyperthermia and muscle rigidity. Amisulpride is a unique atypical antipsychotic that selectively blocks D2 and D3 receptors presynaptically in the frontal cortex and atypical antipsychotics are rarely caused neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS).This study examine a 20-years old male with the diagnosis of acute psychotic disorder occurred amisulpride-induced NMS and successfully treated with Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT). We decided to present that case because of the fact that there is only limited number of amisulpride-induced NMS cases reported in the literature.
- Subjects
TREATMENT effectiveness; ANTIPSYCHOTIC agents; ELECTROCONVULSIVE therapy; NEUROLEPTIC malignant syndrome; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Electronic Journal of General Medicine, 2018, Vol 15, Issue 3, p1
- ISSN
2516-3507
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.29333/ejgm/83617