TY - JOUR
T1 - Auditory hallucination and agitation due to memantine in a patient with Alzheimer's disease
T2 - a case report
AU - Terada, Seishi
AU - Uchitomi, Yosuke
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Memantine is a noncompetitive N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor antagonist that is well tolerated. However, dementia patients presenting with confusion or worsening of visual hallucinations with memantine treatment have been reported. In this report, we describe an Alzheimer's disease patient presenting with severe auditory hallucination with memantine treatment.
AB - Memantine is a noncompetitive N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor antagonist that is well tolerated. However, dementia patients presenting with confusion or worsening of visual hallucinations with memantine treatment have been reported. In this report, we describe an Alzheimer's disease patient presenting with severe auditory hallucination with memantine treatment.
KW - Agitation
KW - Alzheimer's disease (AD)
KW - Auditory hallucination
KW - Memantine
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U2 - 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2011.11.007
DO - 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2011.11.007
M3 - Article
JO - General Hospital Psychiatry
JF - General Hospital Psychiatry
SN - 0163-8343
ER -
