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

Publication Title

Journal of the University of Malaya Medical Centre (JUMMEC)

ISSN

1823-7339

Divisions

fac_med

Volume

8

Issue

1

Publisher

Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya

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