Association of auditory hallucinations and anticonvulsant hypersensitivity syndrome with carbamazepine treatment. A case report

Carbamazepine is effective in the treatment of acute mania and in the prevention of episodes in bipolar disorder, and it may also be useful in depression, impulse-control disorder and withdrawal from alcohol and benzodiazepine dependence. A potentially life-threatening side effect is the anticonvuls...

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Published inPharmacopsychiatry Vol. 39; no. 5; p. 192
Main Authors Beitinger, P A, Kirmeier, T, Bronisch, T, Wetter, T C
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Germany 01.09.2006
Subjects
Anticonvulsants - adverse effects
Carbamazepine - adverse effects
Depressive Disorder, Major - drug therapy
Drug Hypersensitivity
Hallucinations - chemically induced
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Phobic Disorders - drug therapy
Syndrome
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Summary:Carbamazepine is effective in the treatment of acute mania and in the prevention of episodes in bipolar disorder, and it may also be useful in depression, impulse-control disorder and withdrawal from alcohol and benzodiazepine dependence. A potentially life-threatening side effect is the anticonvulsant hypersensitivity syndrome. Here, we describe a patient who developed severe auditory hallucinations followed by a distinct hypersensitivity syndrome most likely induced by carbamazepine treatment.
ISSN:0176-3679
DOI:10.1055/s-2006-948330