Uneventful Recovery from a Suicide Attempt with Tetrabenazine A Case Report

BAYRAM E., DURMAZ ÇELİK F. N., AKBOSTANCI M. C.

Türk Nöroloji Dergisi, vol.21, pp.175-176, 2015 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Case Report
  • Volume: 21
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.4274/tnd.58224
  • Journal Name: Türk Nöroloji Dergisi
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.175-176
  • Eskisehir Osmangazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Patients with Huntington's disease (HD) have involuntary choreiform movements, dementia, psychiatric disorders and behavioral abnormalities. Suicide is very frequent with this disease and is the third most common cause of death. Depression is one of the common adverse effects of tetrabenazine, a drug used to treat chorea in HD, and this may increase the suicide rate in this disease. We report a patient who attempted suicide by taking tetrabenazine and recovered after treatment.