Citation

Bayram E, Durmaz FN, Akbostancı MC. Turk Noroloji Dergisi 2015; 21(4): 175-176.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015)

DOI

10.4274/tnd.58224

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Patients with Huntington's disease (HD) have involuntary choreiform movements, dementia, psychiatric disorders and behavioral abnormalities. Suicide is very frequent with this disease and is the third most common cause of death. Depression is one of the common adverse effects of tetrabenazine, a drug used to treat chorea in HD, and this may increase the suicide rate in this disease. We report a patient who attempted suicide by taking tetrabenazine and recovered after treatment. © 2015 Turkish Journal of Neurology.

Language: en

Keywords

adult; human; Suicide; female; case report; suicide attempt; drug intoxication; sertraline; patient monitoring; self poisoning; middle aged; anxiety disorder; drowsiness; activated carbon; emergency health service; QT interval; drug megadose; parkinsonism; clonazepam; nausea and vomiting; electrocardiography; muscle rigidity; dizziness; neuroleptic malignant syndrome; Article; consciousness level; Huntington chorea; tetrabenazine; bradykinesia; Tetrabenazine; walking difficulty; Huntington’s disease