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Journal of Postgraduate Medicine
Medknow Publications and Staff Society of Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, India
ISSN: 0022-3859 EISSN: 0022-3859
Vol. 56, No. 4, 2010, pp. 305-306
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Bioline Code: jp10090
Full paper language: English
Document type: Report
Document available free of charge
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Journal of Postgraduate Medicine, Vol. 56, No. 4, 2010, pp. 305-306
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Tardive oculogyric crisis associated with amisulpride monotherapy
Mendhekar, D.N.; Lohia, D. & Kataria, P.
Abstract
Oculogyric crisis (OGC) is a dystonic and distressing side- effect which occurs immediately after the administration of high-potency antipsychotic drugs and is usually reported as a subtype of dystonia. We report a case of a young woman with schizophrenia who presented with tardive OGC related to amisulpride.
Keywords
Amisulpride, adverse drug reaction, oculogyric crisis, tardive dystonia
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