Association of auditory hallucinations and anticonvulsant hypersensitivity syndrome with carbamazepine treatment. A case report.
Carbamazepine is effective in the treatment of acute mania and in the prevention of episodes in bipolar disorder, and it may also be useful in depression, impulse-control disorder and withdrawal from alcohol and benzodiazepine dependence. A potentially life-threatening side effect is the anticonvulsant hypersensitivity syndrome. Here, we describe a patient who developed severe auditory hallucinations followed by a distinct hypersensitivity syndrome most likely induced by carbamazepine treatment.
Beitinger
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Kirmeier
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D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002220:Carbamazepine / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy; D004342:Drug Hypersensitivity; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000139:chemically induced*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy; D013577:Syndrome
D000927:Anticonvulsants; D002220:Carbamazepine