A patient with mexiletine-related psychosis.

Authors

Fnu Shailesh
Sandeep Singla MD, Lehigh Valley Health NetworkFollow
Ravi Sureddi
Abhishek J Deshmukh
Hakan Paydak

Publication/Presentation Date

1-1-2011

Abstract

Mexiletine is a commonly used Class IB (Vaughan William classification) antiarrhythmic drug. We report a case of mexiletine-induced psychosis that was successfully managed by decreasing the dose and using alternative medications for management of ventricular tachycardia.

Volume

4

First Page

765

Last Page

766

ISSN

1178-7074

Published In/Presented At

Shailesh, F., Singla, S., Sureddi, R., Deshmukh, A. J., & Paydak, H. (2011). A patient with mexiletine-related psychosis. International journal of general medicine, 4, 765–766. https://doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S25381

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences

PubMedID

22114522

Department(s)

Department of Medicine, Cardiology Division

Document Type

Article