Disulfiram-induced seizures with convulsions in a young male patient: A case study

Disulfiram is the aversive therapeutic agent which has been used to treat alcohol dependence more than 50 years. It causes the complications like neurological toxicity, postural hypotension, circulatory collapse, mental confusion, etc. The aim of our study was to report a rare case of disulfiram-ind...

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Autores principales: Vrishabhendraiah, Santosh Shanbhog, Gopal Das, C.M., Jagadeesh, M Kasi, Mruthyunjaya, N
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4623653/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26600588
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5545.166625
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author Vrishabhendraiah, Santosh Shanbhog
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description Disulfiram is the aversive therapeutic agent which has been used to treat alcohol dependence more than 50 years. It causes the complications like neurological toxicity, postural hypotension, circulatory collapse, mental confusion, etc. The aim of our study was to report a rare case of disulfiram-induced seizures in a patient of alcohol dependence syndrome. This case study is about a 35-year-old male patient who had one episode of seizures during treatment with disulfiram.
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spelling pubmed-46236532015-11-23 Disulfiram-induced seizures with convulsions in a young male patient: A case study Vrishabhendraiah, Santosh Shanbhog Gopal Das, C.M. Jagadeesh, M Kasi Mruthyunjaya, N Indian J Psychiatry Case Report Disulfiram is the aversive therapeutic agent which has been used to treat alcohol dependence more than 50 years. It causes the complications like neurological toxicity, postural hypotension, circulatory collapse, mental confusion, etc. The aim of our study was to report a rare case of disulfiram-induced seizures in a patient of alcohol dependence syndrome. This case study is about a 35-year-old male patient who had one episode of seizures during treatment with disulfiram. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4623653/ /pubmed/26600588 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5545.166625 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Psychiatry 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-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Disulfiram-induced seizures with convulsions in a young male patient: A case study
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