Lactate infusions in obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Panic attacks followed sodium lactate infusions in one of seven patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder and 26 of 48 patients with panic disorder or agoraphobia with panic attacks. This suggests that lactate-induced panic is specific to the latter groups.
D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007263:Infusions, Parenteral; D007773:Lactates / Q000008:administration & dosage; D019344:Lactic Acid; D008297:Male; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010200:Panic
D007773:Lactates; D019344:Lactic Acid