Acute Psychotic Symptoms due to Benzydamine Hydrochloride Abuse with Alcohol

نویسندگان

  • Yahya Ayhan Acar
  • Mustafa Kalkan
  • Rıdvan Çetin
  • Erdem Çevik
  • Orhan Çınar
چکیده

Benzydamine hydrochloride is a locally acting nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug. Benzydamine hydrochloride overdose can cause stimulation of central nervous system, hallucinations, and psychosis. We presented a young man with psychotic symptoms due to benzydamine hydrochloride abuse. He received a total dose of 1000 mg benzydamine hydrochloride with alcohol for its hallucinative effects. Misuse of benzydamine hydrochloride must be considered in differential diagnosis of first-episode psychosis and physicians should consider possibility of abuse in prescribing.

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دوره 2014  شماره 

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تاریخ انتشار 2014