[Manic state provoked by salbutamol via oral route (author's transl)]

A 25 years old man without any personal psychiatric antecedent, but belonging to a family with heavy manic depressive psychosis heredity has presented a typical manic episode, after the oral absorption of salbutamol, which had been prescribed for an asthmatic condition. Salbutamol was already known for having a clear and intense action on the mood of endogenous psychotic depressive patients. We suggest the possibility that a manic condition can be induced by salbutamol.