Zolpidem-Related Withdrawal Catatonia: A Case Report

Psychosomatics

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 475-477

  Hsieh, Ming Han ^a   Chen, Ta Cheng ^a   Chiu, Nan Ying ^a   Chang, Cheng Chen ^a,b  

^a CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; DIAZEPAM; FLUOXETINE; LORAZEPAM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; ZOLPIDEM; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BEDTIME DOSAGE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; CATALEPSY; CATATONIA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DROWSINESS; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; HYPERSALIVATION; IMMOBILIZATION; INSOMNIA; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MENTAL INSTABILITY; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PYURIA; REMISSION; SEIZURE; STEROID THERAPY; SWEATING; TACHYCARDIA; TAIWAN; TREATMENT DURATION; TREMOR; URINALYSIS; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CATATONIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PYRIDINES; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 84856201419     PISSN: 00333182     EISSN: 15457206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psym.2011.01.024     Document Type: Article

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