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Levodopa addiction
Author(s) -
Tack E.,
Cuypere G.,
Jannes C.,
Remouchamps A.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1988.tb06347.x
Subject(s) - levodopa , addiction , psychology , psychiatry , medicine , disease , parkinson's disease
A case is presented of a young woman with a serious addiction to levodopa who over the years developed an extrapyramidal syndrome and chronic paranoid psychotic behaviour. The possible pathophysiological mechanism is discussed.