Acyclovir in Bipolar Disorder: A Mismatched Combination?

Acyclovir, a commonly used antiviral drug can rarely result in neuropsychiatric complications especially in elderly. We for the first time report acyclovir associated hypomania in an elderly woman. Our report suggests that acyclovir is a risk factor for mood episode in vulnerable individual and one...

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Autores principales: Jayaram, Naveen, Rao, Naren P., Venkatasubramanian, Ganesan, Sanmuganathan, S., Behere, Rishikesh V., Varambally, Shivaram, Gangadhar, Bangalore N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3271504/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22345854
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7176.92054
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author Jayaram, Naveen
Rao, Naren P.
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Sanmuganathan, S.
Behere, Rishikesh V.
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description Acyclovir, a commonly used antiviral drug can rarely result in neuropsychiatric complications especially in elderly. We for the first time report acyclovir associated hypomania in an elderly woman. Our report suggests that acyclovir is a risk factor for mood episode in vulnerable individual and one need to be cautious while using antiviral agents in patients with psychiatric disorders.
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spelling pubmed-32715042012-02-15 Acyclovir in Bipolar Disorder: A Mismatched Combination? Jayaram, Naveen Rao, Naren P. Venkatasubramanian, Ganesan Sanmuganathan, S. Behere, Rishikesh V. Varambally, Shivaram Gangadhar, Bangalore N. Indian J Psychol Med Case Report Acyclovir, a commonly used antiviral drug can rarely result in neuropsychiatric complications especially in elderly. We for the first time report acyclovir associated hypomania in an elderly woman. Our report suggests that acyclovir is a risk factor for mood episode in vulnerable individual and one need to be cautious while using antiviral agents in patients with psychiatric disorders. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3271504/ /pubmed/22345854 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7176.92054 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Acyclovir in Bipolar Disorder: A Mismatched Combination?
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