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16684678

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-5-10
pubmed:abstractText
Antipsychotics have been found to induce recurrent psychotic episodes lasting minutes to hours, mostly accompanied by oculogyric crisis (OGC). To characterize this side effect, antipsychotic-induced and postencephalitic OGCs that were reported in the literature were compared to find out common characteristics of OGCs and their associated symptoms. Both postencephalitic and antipsychotic-induced OGCs were found to occur late in the day and at regular intervals, and were associated with autonomic symptoms such as profuse sweating, facial flushing, transitory hypertension and difficulty in micturition. They were often associated also with transient psychiatric episodes: visual hallucinations and illusions, auditory hallucinations, delusions, catatonic phenomena, obsessive thoughts and panic attacks. These (OGC) characteristics will be useful in recognizing antipsychotic-induced psychiatric episodes. The associated psychiatric episodes were noted to recur occasionally also without OGC in a few postencephalic cases, and during gradual dose reduction or after a switch to a novel or low-potency antipsychotic in drug-induced cases. These findings suggest that episodes with the OGC characteristics but without OGC per se, may be less severe reactions to antipsychotic medication than those with OGC, and may represent manifestations of subclinical OGC.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1562-2975
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
70-4
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Psychiatric symptoms associated with oculogyric crisis: a review of literature for the characterization of antipsychotic-induced episodes.
pubmed:affiliation
Faculty of Health and Welfare, Seinan Jogakuin University, Kitakyushu, Japan. abe@med.uoeh-u.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review