title: Musical hallucinations induced by drugs.
abstract: Dipyridamole is an antiplatelet agent and a vasodilator which is increasingly being used for the secondary prevention of ischaemic stroke and transient ischemic attack, either alone or in combination with acetylsalicylic acid. We describe an 83-year-old woman who had developed musical hallucinations within days of initiating dipyridamole. Her psychiatric and neurological evaluation was otherwise unremarkable. After the discontinuation of dipyridamole the hallucinations ceased within a couple of days. To the best of our knowledge this is the first case of auditory hallucinations associated with dipyridamole reported in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Health Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Astha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tomar
authors.forename: Gary
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cheung
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004176:Dipyridamole / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008609:Mental Status Schedule; D009146:Music; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; D004176:Dipyridamole