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Psychotropic discontinuation leading to an NMS‐like condition
Author(s) -
Kurien Renjith,
Vattakatuchery Joe John
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
progress in neurology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.19
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1931-227X
pISSN - 1367-7543
DOI - 10.1002/pnp.297
Subject(s) - discontinuation , neuroleptic malignant syndrome , clozapine , medicine , antipsychotic , complication , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , paranoid schizophrenia , venlafaxine , psychiatry , pancytopenia , pediatrics , psychology , psychosis , anxiety , antidepressant , bone marrow
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) is a potentially life‐threatening condition, which can occur as a complication in patients taking antipsychotic medications. Drs Kurien and Vattakatuchery present the case of a patient with paranoid schizophrenia who developed NMS‐like symptoms following abrupt discontinuation of clozapine and venlafaxine.