Typical neuroleptic malignant syndrome presented in patient on maintenance quetiapine
oleh: Chintan Madhusudan Raval, Deepak Sachidanand Tiwari, Bharat Navinchandra Panchal, Ashok Ukabhai Vala
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| Diterbitkan: | SAGE Publishing 2014-01-01 |
Deskripsi
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome is an acute, life-threatening medical complication caused by antipsychotics. It is commonly seen with typical antipsychotics and very rare with atypicals. Cases have been reported with quetiapine also, but this case is of special interest because it occurred in patient who was stable on maintenance quetiapine 200 mg/day for last 5 years.