Levodopa addiction. A case study

E Tack; G De Cuypere; C Jannes; A Remouchamps

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0447.1988.tb06347.x

Levodopa addiction. A case study

Acta Psychiatr Scand. 1988 Sep;78(3):356-60. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1988.tb06347.x.

Authors

E Tack¹, G De Cuypere, C Jannes, A Remouchamps

Affiliation

¹ Department of Psychiatry, University Clinic, Ghent, Belgium.

PMID: 2973725
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1988.tb06347.x

Abstract

A case is presented of a young woman with a serious addiction to levodopa who over the years developed an extrapyramidal syndrome and chronic paranoid psychotic behaviour. The possible pathophysiological mechanism is discussed.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Dermatitis, Seborrheic / chemically induced
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Female
Humans
Levodopa* / adverse effects
Muscle Rigidity / chemically induced
Paranoid Disorders / chemically induced
Parkinson Disease, Secondary / chemically induced
Psychoses, Substance-Induced / etiology
Risk Factors
Substance Withdrawal Syndrome / etiology
Substance-Related Disorders / etiology*

Substances

Levodopa