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Neuroleptic malignant syndrome and risperidone: a case report
R J Bonwick1, M J Hopwood, P L Morris
1Department of Psychiatry, Austin-Repatriation Medical Centre, West Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia.
The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
|June 1, 1996
Abstract
Objective:
To describe a case of neuroleptic malignant syndrome associated with risperidone.
Clinical Picture:
An elderly patient with bipolar affective disorder presented with neuroleptic malignant syndrome and relapse of hypomania after commencing risperidone.
Treatment:
Risperidone was ceased and the patient monitored closely.
Outcome:
The symptoms of neuroleptic malignant syndrome were resolved.
Conclusion:
To our knowledge this is the first such case reported, and suggests that risperidone, like other neuroleptics, is associated with neuroleptic malignant syndrome.