Open AccessDisulfiram-induced seizures with convulsions in a young male patient: A case study
Author(s) -
Santosh Shanbhog Vrishabhendraiah,
CM Gopal Das,
M Kasi Jagadeesh,
N Mruthyunjaya
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry/indian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1998-3794
pISSN - 0019-5545
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5545.166625
Subject(s) - disulfiram , confusion , medicine , anesthesia , alcohol , pediatrics , psychology , psychiatry , pharmacology , biochemistry , chemistry , psychoanalysis
Disulfiram is the aversive therapeutic agent which has been used to treat alcohol dependence more than 50 years. It causes the complications like neurological toxicity, postural hypotension, circulatory collapse, mental confusion, etc. The aim of our study was to report a rare case of disulfiram-induced seizures in a patient of alcohol dependence syndrome. This case study is about a 35-year-old male patient who had one episode of seizures during treatment with disulfiram.