Organic affective psychosis associated with the routine use of non-prescription cold preparations.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A patient experienced an organic affective psychosis on three separate occasions after taking recommended doses of non-prescription cold/sinus preparations. The possible underlying pharmacological mechanisms of this clinical reaction lend support to the cholinergic-adrenergic balance hypothesis of affective disorders. Recognition of this acute drug-induced state can lead to appropriate short-term pharmacotherapy and can prevent misdiagnosis of a major affective disorder or schizophrenia.
Medical subject headings
- Common Cold
- Nonprescription Drugs
- Psychoses, Substance-Induced