Monday, 1 November 2010

An interesting paper on Venlafaxine-induced psychotic symptoms which is interesting for many reasons

Venlafaxine-induced psychotic symptoms
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2802382/

First of all, the last line in this case study (before the discussion)
is how psychiatrists feel good about what they do and try to do. The
case is a man with social phobia and anxiety around women who was
treated with a variety of drugs before an appropriate treatment was
found. This is the last line.
"He got married one year ago."

What else is interesting is just how much work goes into making an
accurate diagnosis. They rule out biological cause first. They take a
history. They consider differential diagnosis. This is in India.

The case and the other cases noted in the discussion elucidate on just
how complex people's individual reactions are. There's only been a
handful of published cases around the world so the risk of psychotic
symptoms isn't noted in the drug patient information generally available
online.

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