A5033154268- Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
- Neurological disorders and treatments
- Neurological and metabolic disorders
- Glycogen Storage Diseases and Myoclonus
- Diabetes and associated disorders
Kyoto University Hospital
2020-2022
Abstract Background Lithium carbonate is widely used as a first-line therapeutic agent for the depressive and manic phases of bipolar disorder. Although limb tremors hypothyroidism are well-known side effects lithium carbonate, other rare adverse reactions can also occur. Case presentation A 53-year-old Japanese woman diagnosed with intoxication developed dysgeusia glossalgia during treatment carbonate. She showed symptoms swaying gait, finger tremors, dysarthria. All these subsided when...
Lurasidone has few metabolic adverse effects and is recommended as an alternative when other antipsychotic drugs considerably increase body weight or blood sugar concentrations.An 81-year-old man with bipolar disorder developed hyperosmolar hyperglycemic syndrome a side effect of lurasidone. Routine monitoring glucose concentrations led to the early detection treatment this disease, preventing life-threatening complications.We describe rare case lurasidone-induced syndrome. The mortality...