Propranolol-induced psychosis

Drug Intell Clin Pharm. 1984 Jul-Aug;18(7-8):601-3. doi: 10.1177/106002808401800709.

Abstract

A 53-year-old black male with no history of neuropsychiatric behavioral problems was treated successfully with propranolol, furosemide, and minoxidil for previously uncontrolled hypertension. However, paranoid ideations, illusions, severe combativeness, and visual hallucinations developed shortly after initiation of the listed therapy. When atenolol was substituted for propranolol, all psychotic behavior resolved.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Haloperidol / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Propranolol / adverse effects*
  • Psychoses, Substance-Induced / drug therapy
  • Psychoses, Substance-Induced / etiology*

Substances

  • Propranolol
  • Haloperidol