Bilateral Pretibial Edema Associated with Paliperidone Palmitate Long-acting Injectable: A Case Report

Peripheral edema is observed as an adverse effect of the usage of antipsychotics in the literature. This case report describes a 36-year-old female patient with the diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia who presented with pretibial edema following initiation of long-acting injectable paliperidone palm...

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Autores principales: Cicek, Erdinc, Cicek, Ismet Esra, Uguz, Faruk
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean College of Neuropsychopharmacology 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5426490/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28449568
http://dx.doi.org/10.9758/cpn.2017.15.2.184
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Sumario:Peripheral edema is observed as an adverse effect of the usage of antipsychotics in the literature. This case report describes a 36-year-old female patient with the diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia who presented with pretibial edema following initiation of long-acting injectable paliperidone palmitate. Pretibial edema developed within the second week of treatment and completely disappeared after its discontinuation.

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