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Body cutaneous rash with olanzapine and risperidone: is there cross sensitivity?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2011

Vanessa Redmond
Vanessa Redmond*
Affiliation:
Specialist Mental Health Pharmacist, Central & North West London NHS Foundation Trust St Charles Hospital, UK
*
Correspondence to: Miss Vanessa Redmond, Central & North West London NHS Foundation Trust St Charles Hospital, London, W10 6DZ. Tel: 0208 206 7395; E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Adverse cutaneous reactions are known to occur in approximately 5% of individuals prescribed antipsychotics. A case report of a 27 year old male who developed an allergic rash after six weeks of treatment with olanzapine, which reoccurred with more aggression following a single dose of risperidone, is described. To my knowledge, this is the first case to be reported in the literature.

Keywords

Rasholanzapinerisperidoneallergyerythema
Type
Case Report
Information
Journal of Psychiatric Intensive Care , Volume 7 , Issue 2 , December 2011 , pp. 115 - 118
Copyright
Copyright © NAPICU 2011

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