Visual and auditory hallucinations associated with escitalopram in a young male
Journal Title: The Journal of Medical Research - Year 2018, Vol 4, Issue 6
Abstract
A 20 years old gentleman was diagnosed and treated for Acute pyogenic meningitis. Following this he developed depression for which he was initiated on Escitalopram. He developed hallucinations in the form of seeing unknown characters and hearing their voices. These symptoms resolved on discontinuing the drug. We concluded that these were hallucinations due to escitalopram.
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Swathy Moorthy, Preetam Arthur
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