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Musical hallucinations induced by drugs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 September 2007

Astha Tomar  and
Gary Cheung
Astha Tomar
Affiliation:
Health Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
Gary Cheung*
Affiliation:
Health Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: Dr. Gary Cheung, PO Box 1372, Hamilton, New Zealand. Phone +64 7 8398603; Fax +64 7 8398737. Email: [email protected].
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Abstract

Dipyridamole is an antiplatelet agent and a vasodilator which is increasingly being used for the secondary prevention of ischaemic stroke and transient ischemic attack, either alone or in combination with acetylsalicylic acid. We describe an 83-year-old woman who had developed musical hallucinations within days of initiating dipyridamole. Her psychiatric and neurological evaluation was otherwise unremarkable. After the discontinuation of dipyridamole the hallucinations ceased within a couple of days. To the best of our knowledge this is the first case of auditory hallucinations associated with dipyridamole reported in the literature.

Keywords

dipyridamolemusical hallucinationsadverse drug reaction
Type
Case Reports
Information
International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 19 , Issue 6 , December 2007 , pp. 1169 - 1172
Copyright
Copyright © International Psychogeriatric Association 2007

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