Anticholinergic exacerbation of psychotic symptoms : a case report
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2003
Abstract
A common practice in psychiatry when treating patients is the concurrent administration of anticholinergics along with antipsychotics, either to prevent or treat extrapyramidal syndrome reactions from occurring. However, most antipsychotics have inherent anticholinergic properties themselves. Therefore, this subtype of these patients have a higher than usual risk of developing anticholinergic side-effects, of which the central nervous manifestations can mimic psychosis, and may cloud judgement on patients' progress towards their treatment.
Keywords
Anticholinergics, anticholinergig toxicity, antipsychotics
Divisions
fac_med
Publication Title
Journal of the University of Malaya Medical Centre (JUMMEC)
Volume
8
Issue
1
Publisher
Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya
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