Levofloxacin-induced acute anxiety and insomnia

Fluoroquinolones can cause adverse neuropsychiatric side effects, which are more common in older age. We present three cases of levofloxacin-induced acute anxiety and insomnia in young adults. In all the cases, discontinuation of levofloxacin immediately lead to remission.

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Autores principales: Kandasamy, Arun, Srinath, D
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3410005/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22865986
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-3147.98256
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spelling pubmed-34100052012-08-03 Levofloxacin-induced acute anxiety and insomnia Kandasamy, Arun Srinath, D J Neurosci Rural Pract Case Report Fluoroquinolones can cause adverse neuropsychiatric side effects, which are more common in older age. We present three cases of levofloxacin-induced acute anxiety and insomnia in young adults. In all the cases, discontinuation of levofloxacin immediately lead to remission. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3410005/ /pubmed/22865986 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-3147.98256 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice 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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