Sleep disorders, nightmares, depression and anxiety in an elderly patient treated with low-dose metoprolol

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 646.e5-646.e7

  Ahmed, Amir I A ^a,c   van Mierlo, Patricia ^a   Jansen, Paul ^b  

^a RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Beta blockers; Central nervous system; Depression; Elderly; Metoprolol; Neuropsychiatric adverse effects; Nightmares; Sleep disorders

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMLODIPINE; CITALOPRAM; METOPROLOL; OXAZEPAM; PANTOPRAZOLE; VALPROIC ACID;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEPRESSION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MUSCLE SPASM; NIGHTMARE; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; URINE INCONTINENCE; VIVID DREAM;

EID: 78649509912     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2010.04.008     Document Type: Article

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