Uneventful Recovery from a Suicide Attempt with Tetrabenazine: A Case Report

Bayram E., Durmaz F. N., AKBOSTANCI M. C.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY, cilt.21, sa.4, ss.175-176, 2015 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 21 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Doi Numarası: 10.4274/tnd.58224
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.175-176
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Huntington's disease, tetrabenazine, suicide, HUNTINGTONS-DISEASE, CHOREA, TRIAL
  • Ankara 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.