Akathisia with Erythromycin: Induced or precipitated?
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Akathisia with Erythromycin: Induced or precipitated?
OBJECTIVE A 28-year-old male diagnosed with schizophrenia, maintaining well on Olanzapine, developed akathisia soon after addition of Erythromycin for Pityriasis Rosea. This prompted us to evaluate the relationship of Erythromycin and akathisia. METHOD We report the case and the literature focusing on akathisia as a possible adverse event of Erythromycin. RESULTS Akathisia resolved after Er...
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عنوان ژورنال: Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1319-0164
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsps.2015.02.012