Abstract
This report describes the treatment of an 18-year-old male diagnosed (DSM II) as having an acute schizophrenic reaction, catatonic type (APA, 1968) in association with multiplex psychobiological findings which did not support a singular etiological diagnosis. The patient demonstrated classical psychiatric symptoms supporting the clinical diagnosis of a schizophrenic disorder. Treatment with haloperidol (butyrophenone) from 1-5 mg TID and, alternatively, trifluoperazine (phenothiazine) at 2 mg TID was unsuccessful because of the extrapyramidal side effects and the respective hepatotoxicities which occurred with both drugs. Pyridoxine HC1 (vitamin B6) at 500 mg daily was therapeutically effective in eliminating the major schizophrenic reaction. Clinical relapse resulted with dose reduction to 250 mg daily, following full clinical recovery for 1 year, but was reinstitued again at 500 mg daily.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1321-1328 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Biological Psychiatry |
Volume | 18 |
Issue number | 11 |
State | Published - 1983 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biological Psychiatry