Efficacy and safety of quetiapine treatment for delusional parasitosis: experience in an elderly patient.
Delusional parasitosis is an unusual psychiatric disorder characterized by the false and persistent belief of being infested by parasites. Treatments include haloperidol, pimozide, and at present, olanzapine and risperidone. We report a case of delusional parasitosis in an elderly man, in which the treatment with low doses of quetiapine induced the complete remission of the syndrome, without any considerable side effects. No such report has been described before.
Department of Neurological and Cardiological Science, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy. antoniomilia@tiscali.it
Antonio
A
Milia
Maria G
MG
Mascia
Giuseppina
G
Pilia
Alessandra
A
Paribello
Daniela
D
Murgia
Eleonora
E
Cocco
Maria G
MG
Marrosu
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000818:Animals; D003987:Dibenzothiazepines / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010272:Parasitic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D000069348:Quetiapine Fumarate; D012563:Schizophrenia, Paranoid / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology*
D003987:Dibenzothiazepines; D000069348:Quetiapine Fumarate