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Ali Metehan Çalışkan1, İkbal İnanlı1, Sıla Çalışkan1
1Department of Psychiatry, University of Health Sciences Konya Training and Research Hospital, Konya, Turkey.
Abstract:
Pregabalin is a γ-amino butyric acid analogue drug that is used in fibromyalgia, neuropathic pain associated with diabetic peripheral neuropathy, spinal cord injury, and postherpetic neuralgia. Symptoms reported in association with pregabalin withdrawal include insomnia, gastrointestinal distress, tachycardia, and headache. This case report describes a 68-year-old patient who developed delirium after experiencing pregabalin withdrawal. Clinicians should be aware of the possibility of pregabalin withdrawal delirium.
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