title: Nocturnal eating/drinking syndrome with restless legs syndrome caused by neuroleptics improved by Yi-Gan San add-on treatment: a case report.
abstract: Nocturnal eating/drinking syndrome is characterized by awakening in the middle of the night, getting out of bed, and consuming large quantities of food quickly and uncontrollably. We report a middle-aged male patient with schizophrenia who had nocturnal eating/drinking syndrome with restless legs syndrome whose condition improved with the administration of the herbal medicine Yi-Gan San (Yokukan-San in Japanese).
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropsychiatry, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan. k_kentaro_k@yahoo.co.jp
authors.forename: Kentaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawabe
authors.forename: Shu-ichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ueno
authors.forename: Yoshiki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hosoda
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Horiguchi
mesh_terms: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D020920:Dyssomnias / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012148:Restless Legs Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; C524644:Yi-Gan San