title: Paliperidone: another treatment option for delusional parasitosis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Patients with delusional parasitosis (DP) have a fixed belief of being infested by small pathogens. Typical and atypical antipsychotics are widely used for treating DP. There are limited controlled trials about the treatment of DP and the most useful antipsychotic agent is still unknown. Paliperidone treatment for DP will be demonstrated through two cases. One of these cases had previously used pimozide but had not responded to treatment. Both cases had remission from symptoms with paliperidone. There are only two case reports published about paliperidone treatment for DP.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Paliperidone appears to have promise in the treatment of DP; however, more case reports and controlled trials are required.
authors.affiliation: Ankara Penal Institution Campus State Hospital, Psychiatry, Ankara, Turkey ercanaltinoz@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Ali Ercan
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Altınöz
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Şengül
authors.initials: Ş
authors.lastname: Tosun Altınöz
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Melike
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Küçükkarapınar
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Behçet
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Coşar
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D063726:Delusional Parasitosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007555:Isoxazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D000068882:Paliperidone Palmitate; D011743:Pyrimidines / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D007555:Isoxazoles; D011743:Pyrimidines; D000068882:Paliperidone Palmitate
keywords: Ekbom syndrome; delusional disorder; delusional parasitosis; paliperidone