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Antipsychotic Medication-Induced Hyperthermia Leading to Cerebrovascular Accident: A Case Report

Antipsychotic medications are used in the management of schizophrenia. Antipsychotic medications treat both positive and negative symptoms via the dopamine D2 receptor and serotonin 5-HT2A blockade pathway. Side effects include hyperprolactinemia, prolonged QTc, and neuroleptic malignant syndrome. H...

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Autores principales: Best, Karimah, Tran, Dena H, Bulte, Camille, Verceles, Avelino C, Michael, Miriam B
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8509109/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34659926
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.18651
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author Best, Karimah
Tran, Dena H
Bulte, Camille
Verceles, Avelino C
Michael, Miriam B
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Bulte, Camille
Verceles, Avelino C
Michael, Miriam B
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description Antipsychotic medications are used in the management of schizophrenia. Antipsychotic medications treat both positive and negative symptoms via the dopamine D2 receptor and serotonin 5-HT2A blockade pathway. Side effects include hyperprolactinemia, prolonged QTc, and neuroleptic malignant syndrome. However, antipsychotic medication-induced hyperthermia potentiating a cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is a rare side effect that is less well known. A 47-year-old male presented to the emergency department (ED) via emergency medical services for altered mental status. He was given naloxone without improvement in mental status. His glucose was 110 mg/dL. Upon presentation to the ED, he was hyperthermic (106.7 degrees Fahrenheit) and tachycardic (heart rate of 160’s beats/minute). Home medications included risperidone and fluphenazine. After the resolution of his hyperthermia, he had a right-sided facial droop concerning a cerebrovascular accident. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain confirmed an early/acute subacute right cerebellar infarction. The patient received optimal treatment; his mental status returned to baseline, and he was discharged home without antipsychotic medications. Patients who are prescribed antipsychotics should be aware of the potentially fatal adverse events that can occur from these medications. Thermoregulation may be impaired in these patients, resulting in significant hyperthermia, in which case antipsychotic medications should be discontinued.
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spelling pubmed-85091092021-10-15 Antipsychotic Medication-Induced Hyperthermia Leading to Cerebrovascular Accident: A Case Report Best, Karimah Tran, Dena H Bulte, Camille Verceles, Avelino C Michael, Miriam B Cureus Internal Medicine Antipsychotic medications are used in the management of schizophrenia. Antipsychotic medications treat both positive and negative symptoms via the dopamine D2 receptor and serotonin 5-HT2A blockade pathway. Side effects include hyperprolactinemia, prolonged QTc, and neuroleptic malignant syndrome. However, antipsychotic medication-induced hyperthermia potentiating a cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is a rare side effect that is less well known. A 47-year-old male presented to the emergency department (ED) via emergency medical services for altered mental status. He was given naloxone without improvement in mental status. His glucose was 110 mg/dL. Upon presentation to the ED, he was hyperthermic (106.7 degrees Fahrenheit) and tachycardic (heart rate of 160’s beats/minute). Home medications included risperidone and fluphenazine. After the resolution of his hyperthermia, he had a right-sided facial droop concerning a cerebrovascular accident. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain confirmed an early/acute subacute right cerebellar infarction. The patient received optimal treatment; his mental status returned to baseline, and he was discharged home without antipsychotic medications. Patients who are prescribed antipsychotics should be aware of the potentially fatal adverse events that can occur from these medications. Thermoregulation may be impaired in these patients, resulting in significant hyperthermia, in which case antipsychotic medications should be discontinued. Cureus 2021-10-11 /pmc/articles/PMC8509109/ /pubmed/34659926 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.18651 Text en Copyright © 2021, Best et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Verceles, Avelino C
Michael, Miriam B
Antipsychotic Medication-Induced Hyperthermia Leading to Cerebrovascular Accident: A Case Report
title Antipsychotic Medication-Induced Hyperthermia Leading to Cerebrovascular Accident: A Case Report
title_full Antipsychotic Medication-Induced Hyperthermia Leading to Cerebrovascular Accident: A Case Report
title_fullStr Antipsychotic Medication-Induced Hyperthermia Leading to Cerebrovascular Accident: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Antipsychotic Medication-Induced Hyperthermia Leading to Cerebrovascular Accident: A Case Report
title_short Antipsychotic Medication-Induced Hyperthermia Leading to Cerebrovascular Accident: A Case Report
title_sort antipsychotic medication-induced hyperthermia leading to cerebrovascular accident: a case report
topic Internal Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8509109/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34659926
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.18651
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