A patient with mexiletine-related psychosis

Mexiletine is a commonly used Class IB (Vaughan William classification) antiarrhythmic drug. We report a case of mexiletine-induced psychosis that was successfully managed by decreasing the dose and using alternative medications for management of ventricular tachycardia.

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Autores principales: Shailesh, Fnu, Singla, Sandeep, Sureddi, Ravi, Deshmukh, Abhishek J, Paydak, Hakan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3219764/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22114522
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S25381
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author Shailesh, Fnu
Singla, Sandeep
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Paydak, Hakan
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spelling pubmed-32197642011-11-23 A patient with mexiletine-related psychosis Shailesh, Fnu Singla, Sandeep Sureddi, Ravi Deshmukh, Abhishek J Paydak, Hakan Int J Gen Med Case Report Mexiletine is a commonly used Class IB (Vaughan William classification) antiarrhythmic drug. We report a case of mexiletine-induced psychosis that was successfully managed by decreasing the dose and using alternative medications for management of ventricular tachycardia. Dove Medical Press 2011-11-02 /pmc/articles/PMC3219764/ /pubmed/22114522 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S25381 Text en © 2011 Shailesh et al, publisher and licensee Dove Medical Press Ltd This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3219764/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22114522
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