title: Tiapride for the treatment of auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia.
abstract: Hallucinations are considered as core symptoms of psychosis by both International Classification of Diseases-10 (ICD-10) and Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for the Classification of Psychiatric Disorders - 4(th) edition text revised (DSM-IV TR). The most common types of hallucinations in patients with schizophrenia are auditory in nature followed by visual hallucinations. Few patients with schizophrenia have persisting auditory hallucinations despite all other features of schizophrenia having being improved. Here, we report two cases where tiapride was useful as an add-on drug for treating persistent auditory hallucinations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Sagar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Karia
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Nilesh
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Avinash
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: De Sousa
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Sushma
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sonavane
keywords: Auditory hallucinations; schizophrenia; tiapride