Successful treatment with pimozide of Capgras syndrome in an elderly male.
A case of Capgras syndrome in a 67-year-old man who failed to improve on haloperidol, but responded to pimozide, is described. The patient's paranoid delusions abated with 8 mg per day of pimozide. We believe pimozide's established benefit in the treatment of delusional disorders warrants its consideration in alleviating other delusions, including "the delusion of doubles."
Tueth
M J
MJ
University of Florida Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida Hospitals, Gainesville.
Cheong
J A
JA
D002194:Capgras Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D003702:Delusions / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006220:Haloperidol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010259:Paranoid Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology; D010868:Pimozide / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012931:Social Environment
D010868:Pimozide; D006220:Haloperidol