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Chlorpromazine prophylaxis of steroid-induced psychosis
1Hadassah University Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Jerusalem, Israel.
General Hospital Psychiatry
|January 1, 1994
Abstract:
We report a case of successful prophylactic treatment for psychiatric side effects of megadose glucocorticoid therapy by the administration of chlorpromazine. We review currently used prophylactic treatment strategies and discuss the rationale for adding neuroleptic treatment as an alternative to these strategies.