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'Catatonia' due to disulfiram toxicity
1Neurology Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114.
Archives of Neurology
|July 1, 1989
Summary
Disulfiram (Antabuse) may induce catatonia-like symptoms in alcoholic patients. Careful diagnosis is needed to distinguish true catatonia from similar neurological or metabolic states.
Area of Science:
- Neuroscience
- Psychiatry
- Pharmacology
Background:
- Catatonia is a complex neuropsychiatric syndrome.
- Disulfiram is used for alcohol dependence treatment.
- The patient developed catatonic symptoms during disulfiram therapy.