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Multimodal Hallucination (Audio-visual, Kinaesthetic and Scenic) Associated with the Use of Zolpidem
We are reporting a case of zolpidem induced multimodal hallucinations in a 22 year old female without any history of psychiatric disorders. Zolpidem, by acting on gamma-amino butyric acid type A receptor has a potential to cause a paradoxical reaction and there also exists a possibility of an induce...
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Korean College of Neuropsychopharmacology
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4540046/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26243852 http://dx.doi.org/10.9758/cpn.2015.13.2.215 |
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author | Ram, Dushad Eiman, Najla Gowdappa, Basavana |
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description | We are reporting a case of zolpidem induced multimodal hallucinations in a 22 year old female without any history of psychiatric disorders. Zolpidem, by acting on gamma-amino butyric acid type A receptor has a potential to cause a paradoxical reaction and there also exists a possibility of an induced delirium with its use. This case reports evaluates its potential to cause multimodal hallucinations. Zolpidem needs to be prescribed judiciously with the caution of potential side effects particularly in females. |
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spelling | pubmed-45400462015-08-24 Multimodal Hallucination (Audio-visual, Kinaesthetic and Scenic) Associated with the Use of Zolpidem Ram, Dushad Eiman, Najla Gowdappa, Basavana Clin Psychopharmacol Neurosci Case Report We are reporting a case of zolpidem induced multimodal hallucinations in a 22 year old female without any history of psychiatric disorders. Zolpidem, by acting on gamma-amino butyric acid type A receptor has a potential to cause a paradoxical reaction and there also exists a possibility of an induced delirium with its use. This case reports evaluates its potential to cause multimodal hallucinations. Zolpidem needs to be prescribed judiciously with the caution of potential side effects particularly in females. Korean College of Neuropsychopharmacology 2015-08 2015-08-31 /pmc/articles/PMC4540046/ /pubmed/26243852 http://dx.doi.org/10.9758/cpn.2015.13.2.215 Text en Copyright © 2015, Korean College of Neuropsychopharmacology This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Ram, Dushad Eiman, Najla Gowdappa, Basavana Multimodal Hallucination (Audio-visual, Kinaesthetic and Scenic) Associated with the Use of Zolpidem |
title | Multimodal Hallucination (Audio-visual, Kinaesthetic and Scenic) Associated with the Use of Zolpidem |
title_full | Multimodal Hallucination (Audio-visual, Kinaesthetic and Scenic) Associated with the Use of Zolpidem |
title_fullStr | Multimodal Hallucination (Audio-visual, Kinaesthetic and Scenic) Associated with the Use of Zolpidem |
title_full_unstemmed | Multimodal Hallucination (Audio-visual, Kinaesthetic and Scenic) Associated with the Use of Zolpidem |
title_short | Multimodal Hallucination (Audio-visual, Kinaesthetic and Scenic) Associated with the Use of Zolpidem |
title_sort | multimodal hallucination (audio-visual, kinaesthetic and scenic) associated with the use of zolpidem |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4540046/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26243852 http://dx.doi.org/10.9758/cpn.2015.13.2.215 |
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