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Treatment of Catatonia in Frontotemporal Dementia: A Lesson From Zolpidem Test
Mohammad Sayadnasiri1, Farzaneh Rezvani2
1Psychosis Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences.
Background:
During recent years, zolpidem presents a potential but transient treatment option for a large variety of neurologic conditions. Although most cases had disorders of consciousness or movement disorders, there are few reports of beneficial effects of zolpidem on language function.
Case:
We present a case of frontotemporal dementia who developed catatonia during her disease course and her refractory speech problem showed dramatic response to zolpidem.
Conclusions:
In dementia patients, different catatonic symptoms may show differential responses to the therapeutic agents and, if verbal symptoms are dominant, it is worthy to try zolpidem in the early stage.
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