Saturday, January 30, 2010

TOXOPLASMOSIS MASQUERADING AS A PSYCHOTROPIC SIDE EFFECT

J Clin Psychiatry. 1978 Jul;39(7):631-2.

Toxoplasmosis masquerading as a psychotropic side effect.
Pariser SF, Zunich J, Pinta ER.

When treating a patient with neuroleptics or tricyclic antidepressants, it is usually assumed that complaints of blurred vision can be ascribed to the anticholinergic side effects of these drugs. The authors present a patient treated with imipramine and trifluoperazine whose complaints of blurred vision led to the diagnosis of toxoplasma chorioretinitis.

PMID: 681294 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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