Open AccessAmisulpride induced mania
Author(s) -
Ashish Aggarwal,
Manish Jain,
Ashish Khandelwal,
RC Jiloha
Publication year - 2010
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 - 10.4103/0253-7613.64496
Subject(s) - amisulpride , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , mania , bipolar disorder , antipsychotic , psychiatry , medicine , atypical antipsychotic , psychology , cognition
Amisulpride is an atypical antipsychotic used for the management of schizophrenia and other conditions like dysthymia. It has also been used for the management of bipolar disorders as an add on therapy. Here, we report a patient of schizophrenia who developed a manic episode while on amisulpride.