Open AccessPsychosis as harbinger of phenytoin toxicity
Author(s) -
M Borasi,
Reena Verma,
Suraj Gupta
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
toxicology international/indian journal of toxicology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.129
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 0976-5131
pISSN - 0971-6580
DOI - 10.4103/0971-6580.172272
Subject(s) - phenytoin , psychosis , toxicity , context (archaeology) , vitamin b12 , medicine , epilepsy , pharmacology , psychiatry , endocrinology , biology , paleontology
Psychosis with phenytoin use has earlier been reported only in the context of Vitamin B12 or folic acid deficiency. We report a rare case of phenytoin toxicity manifesting as psychosis in the absence of Vitamin deficiency. The importance of recognition of psychosis as a harbinger of phenytoin toxicity and implications for management are discussed.