TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Serious bromocriptine-induced psychosis: Suicide in the treatment of prolactinoma
JO  - Neurosurgery quarterly
A1  - Wang, F.
A1  - Zheng, S.
A1  - Zhang, Y.
SP  - 249
EP  - 251
VL  - 23
IS  - 4
N2  - A 35-year-old man, without any prior history or family history of psychosis, developed psychotic symptoms after starting with low-dose bromocriptine therapy for a macroprolactinoma. Seven days after the initiation of treatment with this medication, the patient suddenly plunged to his death in our hospital without any obvious signs. This case suggests a bromocriptine-induced very serious psychosis in which the patient killed himself without a family history and personal history of psychosis. Therefore, as for all patients with bromocriptine, their mood should be cared after, in case they might commit a suicide. We advise caution in the use of bromocriptine even in patients without a preexisting psychiatric history, and we also recommend that such changes in mental status should be monitored when bromocriptine is prescribed. © 2013 by Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1534-4916
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/WNQ.0b013e318275df80
ID  - ref1
ER  -