Immunosuppressant-Associated Neurotoxicity Responding to Olanzapine
Author(s) -
James A. Bourgeois,
Ana Hategan
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
case reports in psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.17
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2090-682X
pISSN - 2090-6838
DOI - 10.1155/2014/250472
Subject(s) - neurotoxicity , medicine , tacrolimus , olanzapine , intervention (counseling) , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , transplantation , intensive care medicine , psychiatry , toxicity
Immunosuppressants, particularly tacrolimus, can induce neurotoxicity in solid organ transplantation cases. A lower clinical threshold to switch from tacrolimus to another immunosuppressant agent has been a common approach to reverse this neurotoxicity. However, immunosuppressant switch may place the graft at risk, and, in some cases, continuation of the same treatment protocol may be necessary. We report a case of immunosuppressant-associated neurotoxicity with prominent neuropsychiatric manifestation and describe psychiatric intervention with olanzapine that led to clinical improvement while continuing tacrolimus maintenance.
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