Levetiracetam-induced acute psychosis in a child

Levetiracetam is well-tolerated and commonly used as a broad spectrum antiepileptic in both partial and generalized seizures. Few cases of levetiracetam-induced psychosis in children are reported in the literature. The present case of levetiracetam-induced acute psychosis highlights the adverse effe...

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Autores principales: Zaki, Syed Ahmed, Gupta, Saurabh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Drug Watch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4071716/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24987186
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7613.132195
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description Levetiracetam is well-tolerated and commonly used as a broad spectrum antiepileptic in both partial and generalized seizures. Few cases of levetiracetam-induced psychosis in children are reported in the literature. The present case of levetiracetam-induced acute psychosis highlights the adverse effect of this drug and also emphasizes the need for close monitoring of children on levetiracetam.
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spelling pubmed-40717162014-07-01 Levetiracetam-induced acute psychosis in a child Zaki, Syed Ahmed Gupta, Saurabh Indian J Pharmacol Drug Watch Levetiracetam is well-tolerated and commonly used as a broad spectrum antiepileptic in both partial and generalized seizures. Few cases of levetiracetam-induced psychosis in children are reported in the literature. The present case of levetiracetam-induced acute psychosis highlights the adverse effect of this drug and also emphasizes the need for close monitoring of children on levetiracetam. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4071716/ /pubmed/24987186 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7613.132195 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Pharmacology 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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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4071716/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24987186
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