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Abstract
Antipsychotic-induced extrapyramidal symptoms should be recognised and adequately treated. We report an unusual complication of not doing so: a patient’s self-medicating to control these symptoms, which produced diphenhydramine-dependence.
Recommended Citation
Shaikh, Faisal S. M.B.B.S. and Mortimer, Ann M. M.D.
(2007)
"Diphenhydramine-dependence Resulting From Self-medication of Antipsychotic- induced Extrapyramidal Symptoms,"
Jefferson Journal of Psychiatry: Vol. 21:
Iss.
1, Article 5.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29046/JJP.021.1.005
Available at:
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/jeffjpsychiatry/vol21/iss1/5