Open AccessOfloxacin-induced hallucinations
Author(s) -
Urmila Chauhan,
Preeti Shanbag,
Prafull Kashid
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of pharmacology/the indian journal of pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.286
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1998-3751
pISSN - 0253-7613
DOI - 10.4103/0253-7613.108316
Subject(s) - visual hallucination , psychosis , delirium , medicine , ofloxacin , drug withdrawal , adverse effect , psychiatry , drug , pediatrics , pharmacology , ciprofloxacin , biology , bacteria , genetics
Drug-induced hallucinations are not uncommon, and may be misdiagnosed as psychiatric illness leading to unnecessary treatment with antipsychotics. If a temporal association of use of a drug having the potential to cause hallucinations is present, mere withdrawal of the drug causes complete improvement in the symptoms. There are reports of various untoward central nervous system adverse events following administration of fluoroquinolones, including delirium, hallucinations and psychosis, even after a single dose. We describe a 5-year-old girl who suffered visual hallucinations following ofloxacin use.