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Nuran Ekinci1, Serkan Güneş2, Özalp Ekinci3
1Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Erenkoy Research and Training Hospital, Istanbul.
Abstract:
Levetiracetam is an antiepileptic agent that is used for partial and generalized epilepsy. Although it is well tolerated in most cases, behavioral and nonbehavioral adverse effects may be observed. Among behavioral symptoms, depression, hostility, and agitation have been frequently reported. However, mania or mania-like symptoms are relatively rare, especially in children and adolescents. Hereby, we report mania-like symptoms with levetiracetam use in a 15-year-old boy. Mania-like symptoms emerged 3 weeks after starting levetiracetam and disappeared after adding risperidone to ongoing levetiracetam treatment.
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