Visual and auditory hallucinations with excessive intake of paroxetine [1]

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 548-549

  Kumagai, Ryo ^a   Ohnuma, Tohru ^a,b   Nagata, Toshihiko ^a   Arai, Heii ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Juntendo University Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ATROPINE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; FLUOXETINE; LYSERGIDE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PAROXETINE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 2 AGONIST; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; SULTOPRIDE;

ADULT; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; CASE REPORT; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG UTILIZATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HALLUCINOSIS; HUMAN; LETTER; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PANIC; SELF MEDICATION; SYMPTOM; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; JAPAN; PAROXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SULPIRIDE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0141962633     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.2003.01163.x     Document Type: Letter

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