[Topiramate augmentation in treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder].
A 45-year-old patient with a medication-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder was treated successfully by topiramate augmentation. Obsessive-compulsive disorder is associated neurobiologically with overactivation of the cortico-striato-thalamo-cortical circuit. Because the neurotransmitter glutamate plays an important role in this circuit, medication that has glutamate antagonism, such as the antiepileptic drug topiramate, may reduce the symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Further study is needed to find out whether topiramate augmentation is more effective than placebos in patients with a medication-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Vinkers
D J
DJ
Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum, afdeling Psychiatrie, Postbus 9600, 2300 RC Leiden. d.j.vinkers@lumc.nl
van der Wee
N J A
NJ
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D000927:Anticonvulsants; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists; D000077236:Topiramate; D005632:Fructose; D018698:Glutamic Acid