Olanzapine-induced restless leg syndrome: A case report and review of literature

Restless leg syndrome (RLS) is a common disorder causing sleep impairment. Antipsychotics particularly belonging to the first generation are a common cause of RLS. Whereas, RLS induced by olanzapine is rare, there are only a few cases reported earlier. We report a 38-year-old lady suffering from per...

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Autores principales: Basu, Aniruddha, Kundu, Savita, Khurana, Hitesh
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/PMC4118546/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25097291
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7613.135965
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description Restless leg syndrome (RLS) is a common disorder causing sleep impairment. Antipsychotics particularly belonging to the first generation are a common cause of RLS. Whereas, RLS induced by olanzapine is rare, there are only a few cases reported earlier. We report a 38-year-old lady suffering from persistent delusional disorder who was prescribed olanzapine. She developed RLS after initiation of olanzapine which improved when switched over to risperidone. This report will caution clinicians about this side effect of a very commonly prescribed antipsychotic drug.
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spelling pubmed-41185462014-08-05 Olanzapine-induced restless leg syndrome: A case report and review of literature Basu, Aniruddha Kundu, Savita Khurana, Hitesh Indian J Pharmacol Drug Watch Restless leg syndrome (RLS) is a common disorder causing sleep impairment. Antipsychotics particularly belonging to the first generation are a common cause of RLS. Whereas, RLS induced by olanzapine is rare, there are only a few cases reported earlier. We report a 38-year-old lady suffering from persistent delusional disorder who was prescribed olanzapine. She developed RLS after initiation of olanzapine which improved when switched over to risperidone. This report will caution clinicians about this side effect of a very commonly prescribed antipsychotic drug. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4118546/ /pubmed/25097291 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7613.135965 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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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25097291
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