title: Zolpidem test and catatonia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  There is no consensus regarding treatment of catatonia and the main recent therapeutic progress has been the development of the zolpidem diagnostic and therapeutic test. We report on the use of this test in one of our patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Mr. S. suffered from a paranoid schizophrenia. Three episodes of catatonia are described to illustrate the effect of zolpidem in a patient for whom lorazepam was ineffective or inadequate.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Zolpidem with appropriate testing appears to be a credible alternative to electroconvulsive therapy or increased lorazepam dosing and allows continuation of antipsychotic administration.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Pharmacy Service - Mental Health Establishment (EPSAN), Brumath, France.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Javelot
authors.affiliation: Faculté de Pharmacie - Laboratoire HuManiS (EA 7308), Service Pharmacie - CHU de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Michel
authors.affiliation: Service G06, Mental Health Establishment (EPSAN), Brumath, France.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Steiner
authors.affiliation: Equipe de Liaison et de Soins en Addictologie, Centre Hospitalier Saint Jean de Dieu, Lyon, France.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Javelot
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine, Fontan 2 Hospital, University Hospital of Lille, University of Lille, CHU de Lille, Lille, France.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Cottencin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002389:Catatonia / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011725:Pyridines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012563:Schizophrenia, Paranoid; D000077334:Zolpidem
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D011725:Pyridines; D000077334:Zolpidem
keywords: catatonia; paranoid schizophrenia; zolpidem; zolpidem test