Open AccessA patient with mexiletine-related psychosis
Author(s) -
Abhishek Deshmukh,
Fnu,
Sandeep Singla,
Paydak,
Sureddi
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
international journal of general medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.722
H-Index - 36
ISSN - 1178-7074
DOI - 10.2147/ijgm.s25381
Subject(s) - medicine , mexiletine , psychosis , psychiatry , pharmacology , bioinformatics , anesthesia , biology
Mexiletine is a commonly used Class IB (Vaughan William classification) antiarrhythmic drug. We report a case of mexiletine-induced psychosis that was successfully managed by decreasing the dose and using alternative medications for management of ventricular tachycardia.
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