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- Title
Hypertension Induced by Aripiprazole Use in an Autistic Child Patient.
- Authors
Uzun, Aylin Deniz; Sapmaz, Şermin Yalın; Öztürk, Masum; Kandemir, Hasan
- Abstract
Atypical antipsychotics in children and adolescents are widely used for aggression, emotional variability and psychosis treatment. Aripiprazole is also an atypical antipsychotic that increasingly used in children and adolescents with schizophrenia, autism and bipolar disorder. In this case report, a medically healthy patient with autism associated with behavioral problems is presented with the development of hypertension after the onset of aripiprazole and the return of blood pressure to normal levels after withdrawal of the drug. The purpose of this case study is to discuss and report the emergence of aripiprazole-induced hypertension as a side effect of drugs in children and adolescents.
- Subjects
AUTISTIC children; ARIPIPRAZOLE; CHILD patients; EXCEPTIONAL children; PEDIATRIC pharmacology; DRUG side effects; HYPERTENSION
- Publication
Clinical Psychopharmacology & Neuroscience, 2019, Vol 17, Issue 4, p556
- ISSN
1738-1088
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.9758/cpn.2019.17.4.556