Clozapine withdrawal catatonia and neuroleptic malignant syndrome: A case report

Annals of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 165-169

  Lee, Joseph W Y ^a   Robertson, Stephen ^b  

^a GRAYLANDS HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Tokanui Hospital   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catatonia; Clozapine withdrawal; Neuroleptic malignant syndrome

Indexed keywords

CLOZAPINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CASE REPORT; CATATONIA; DELIRIUM; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEVER; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; CATATONIA; CLOZAPINE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 0030778238     PISSN: 10401237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026230024656     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Shore D, Matthews S, Cott J, Jeffrey A: Clinical implications of clozapine discontinuation: report of an NIMH workshop. Schizo Bull 1995; 21:333-338
2. Taylor MA: Catatonia: A review of a behavioural neurologic syndrome. Neuropsychiatr, Neuropsychol Behav Neurol 1990; 3:48-72
3. Stauder KH: Die todliche katatonie. Arch Psychiatr Nervenkr. 1934; 102:614-634
4. Philbrick KL, Rummans TA: Malignant catatonia. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci 1994; 6:1-13
5. Lohr JB, Wisniewski AA: Movement Disorders: A Neuropsychiatric approach. New York: Guilford, 1987
6. Bush G, Fink M, Dowling F, Francis A: Catatonia. I. Rating scale and standardised examination. Acta Psychiatr Scand 1996; 93:137-143
7. Morrison JR: Catatonia: Retarded and excited types. Arch Gen Psychiatry 1973; 28:39-41
8. De Leon J, Stanilla JK, White AO, Simpson GM: Anticholinergics to treat clozapine withdrawal. J Clin Psychiatry 1994; 55:3-4
9. Verghese C, De Leon J, Nair C, Simpson GM: Clozapine withdrawal effects and receptor profiles of typical and atypical neuroleptics. Biol Psychiatry 1996; 39:135-138
10. Dilsaver SC, Gardos G: Antidepressant withdrawal symptoms treated with anticholinergic agents. Am J Psychiatry 1983; 140:249-251
11. Gardos G, Cole JO, Tarsy D: Withdrawal syndrome associated with antipsychotic drugs. Am J Psychiatry 1978; 135:1321-1324
12. Parsa MA, Ramirez LF, Meltzer HY: Prolonged psychotic relapse after abrupt clozapine withdrawal. J Clin Psychopharmacol 1993; 13:154-155
13. Alphs LD, Lee HS: Comparison of withdrawal of typical and atypical antipsychotic drugs: A case study. J Clin Psychiatry 1991; 52:346-348
14. Ekblom B, Erikson K, Lindstrom LH: Supersensitivity psychosis in schizophrenic patients after sudden clozapine withdrawal. Psychopharmacology 1984; 83:293-294
15. Luchins DJ, Freed WJ, Wyatt RJ: The role of cholinergic supersensitivity in the medical symptoms associated with withdrawal of anticholinergic drugs. Am J Psychiatry 1980; 137:1395-1398
16. Albucher RC, De Quardo J, Tandon R: Treatment of catatonia with an anticholinergic agent. Biol Psychiatry 1991; 29:513-514
17. Menza MA, Harris D: Benzodiazepines and catatonia: An overview. Biol Psychiatry 1989; 26:842-846
18. Mann SC, Caroff SN, Bleier HR, Welz WKR, Kling MA, Hayashida M: Lethal catatonia. Am J Psychiatry 1986; 143:1374-1381
19. Kurtan R, Hamill R, Shoulsm I: Neuroleptic malignant syndrome. Clin Neuropharmacol 1984; 7:109-120
20. Castillo E, Rubin RT, Holsboer-Trachsler E: Clinical differentiation between lethal catatonia and neuroleptic malignant syndrome. Am J Psychiatry 1989; 146:324-328
21. Lee WYJ: Catatonia: The tension insanity. Br J Psychiatry 1993; 163:696 (published erratum appears in Brit J Psychiatry 1994; 164:1341)
22. Rosebush PI, Hildebrand AM, Furlong BG, Mazurek MF: Catatonic syndrome in a general psychiatric population: Frequency, clinical presentation, and response to lorazepam. J Clinical Psychiatry 1990; 51:357-362
23. Lee JWY: Catalonia and ECT. Aust NZ J Psychiatry 1994; 28:690-691
24. Hafner H, Kasper S: Akute lebensbedrohliche Katatonie: Epedemiologische und Klinische Befunde. Nervenzart 1982; 53:385-394
25. Ichikawa J, Meltzer HY: Differential effects of repeated treatment with haloperidol and clozapine on dopamine release and metabolism in the striatum and the nucleus accumbens. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 1991; 256:348-357
26. Fricchione GL: Neuroleptic catatonia and its relationship to psychogenic catatonia. Biol Psychiatry 1985; 20:304-313