title: Trazodone-induced palinopsia.
abstract: Palinopsia refers to the persistence or reappearance of an image of a recently viewed object. Typically, patients with palinopsia have other visual symptoms or signs, and the underlying cause is a structural lesion of the posterior portions of the cerebral hemispheres. However, we treated three patients who experienced palinopsia as an isolated symptom, apparently as a side effect of trazodone hydrochloride therapy for depression. The palinopsia was dose related and disappeared with reduction or cessation of therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Hughes
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lessell
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000360:Afterimage / Q000187:drug effects; D003863:Depression / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000139:chemically induced*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014196:Trazodone / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000139:chemically induced*
chemical_list: D014196:Trazodone