Open AccessCycloserine induced psychosis with hepatic dysfunction
Author(s) -
Vishal R Tandon,
Neelam Rani,
Roshi,
Rahul Gupta,
Meenakshi Arora,
Vijay Khajuria,
Vivek Mahajan
Publication year - 2015
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 - 10.4103/0253-7613.153439
Subject(s) - cycloserine , psychosis , ethambutol , isoniazid , medicine , chlorpromazine , pharmacology , tuberculosis , psychiatry , pathology
With the increase in the cases of multidrug resistance tuberculosis, second line anti-tubercular drugs like the cycloserine are being prescribed frequently. Isoniazid and ethambutol are reported to cause psychosis like state; however, few reports of cycloserine induced psychosis are available. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of cycloserine induced psychosis with hepatic dysfunction.