Persistent akathisia masquerading as agitated depression after use of ziprasidone in the treatment of bipolar depression
Author
Penders, Thomas M; Agarwal, Salina; Rohaidy, Rachel
Abstract
There has been increasing recognition that the second-generation antipsychotic drugs can produce extrapyramidal side effects. This case reports the development of severe akathisia in a patient being treated with ziprasidone for bipolar depression. The case illustrates that this symptom can be easily mistaken for worsening agitated depression. Akathisia may produce considerable distress and elevate suicide risk. Such symptoms may persist for weeks and be refractory to discontinuation of the offending agent or to pharmacological interventions commonly used to mitigate this reaction.
Date
2013-04-04
Citation:
APA:
Penders, Thomas M, & Agarwal, Salina, & Rohaidy, Rachel. (April 2013).
Persistent akathisia masquerading as agitated depression after use of ziprasidone in the treatment of bipolar depression.
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. Retrieved from
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/7733
MLA:
Penders, Thomas M, and Agarwal, Salina, and Rohaidy, Rachel.
"Persistent akathisia masquerading as agitated depression after use of ziprasidone in the treatment of bipolar depression". .
. (),
April 2013.
April 20, 2024.
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/7733.
Chicago:
Penders, Thomas M and Agarwal, Salina and Rohaidy, Rachel,
"Persistent akathisia masquerading as agitated depression after use of ziprasidone in the treatment of bipolar depression," , no.
(April 2013),
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/7733 (accessed
April 20, 2024).
AMA:
Penders, Thomas M, Agarwal, Salina, Rohaidy, Rachel.
Persistent akathisia masquerading as agitated depression after use of ziprasidone in the treatment of bipolar depression. .
April 2013;
():
.
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/7733. Accessed
April 20, 2024.
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