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Treatment of a mild form of neuroleptic malignant syndrome with oral diazepam.

Abstract
A mild form of neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) in a schizophrenic patient who was receiving a depot neuroleptic is described and beneficial response to oral diazepam 50 mg daily is reported.
AuthorsV P Kontaxakis, G N Christodoulou, M P Markidis, B J Havaki-Kontaxaki
JournalActa psychiatrica Scandinavica (Acta Psychiatr Scand) Vol. 78 Issue 3 Pg. 396-8 (Sep 1988) ISSN: 0001-690X [Print] United States
PMID3195360 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • fluphenazine depot
  • Diazepam
  • Fluphenazine
Topics
  • Administration, Oral
  • Adult
  • Diazepam (administration & dosage)
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Fluphenazine (adverse effects, analogs & derivatives, therapeutic use)
  • Humans
  • Injections, Intramuscular
  • Male
  • Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome (drug therapy)
  • Schizophrenia, Paranoid (drug therapy)

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