Varenicline induced mania in a 51 year old patient without history of bipolar illness

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1162-1163

  Hussain, Saira ^a   Kayne, Ernst ^a   Guwanardane, Nisali ^a   Petrides, Georgios ^a  

^a ZUCKER HILLSIDE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; LITHIUM CARBONATE; LORAZEPAM; OXYCODONE; QUETIAPINE; VARENICLINE;

ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; IRRITABILITY; LAMINECTOMY; LETTER; LIBIDO DISORDER; MALE; MANIA; MEDICAL HISTORY; MOOD DISORDER; PAIN; PARANOIA; RESTLESSNESS; SELF ESTEEM;

BENZAZEPINES; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; PARANOID DISORDERS; PATIENT ADMISSION; QUINOXALINES; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 79956044442     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: 18784216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2011.02.023     Document Type: Letter

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