Delirium and Extrapyramidal Symptoms Due to a Lithium-Olanzapine Combination Therapy: A Case Report

We report an elderly patient who developed severe delirium and extrapyramidal signs after initiation of lithium-olanzapine combination. On hospital admission, serum levels of lithium were found to be 3.0 mM/L which were far above toxic level. Immediate discontinuation of both drugs resulted in compl...

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Autores principales: Tuglu, Cengiz, Erdogan, Esin, Abay, Ercan
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 2005
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2782173/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16100469
http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2005.20.4.691

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2782173/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16100469
http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2005.20.4.691

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