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Effect of carbamazepine on agitation and emotional lability associated with severe dementia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

MR Lemke
MR Lemke*
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Department of Psychiatry, Ingolstadt Medical Center, Krumenauerstr 25, D-85049Ingolstadt, Germany
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Summary

In an open prospective study, the stabilizing effects of carbamazepine on agitation, impulsivity and affective lability were investigated in 15 severely demented patients, who had failed to respond to prior neuroleptic medication. Because of leukopenia and allergic reactions in two subjects, carbamazepine treatment was discontinued. In nine patients a clinically relevant improvement was observed.

Keywords

carbamazepineagitationdementiazotepine
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Short communication
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 10 , Issue 5 , 1995 , pp. 259 - 262
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Copyright © Elsevier, Paris 1995

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