Uneventful Recovery from a Suicide Attempt with Tetrabenazine A Case Report

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

Türk Nöroloji Dergisi, cilt.21, ss.175-176, 2015 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Vaka Takdimi
  • Cilt numarası: 21
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Doi Numarası: 10.4274/tnd.58224
  • Dergi Adı: Türk Nöroloji Dergisi
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.175-176
  • Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

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.