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| Year : 2015 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 230-231 |
Cycloserine induced psychosis with hepatic dysfunction
Vishal R Tandon1, Neelam Rani1, Roshi1, Rahul Gupta2, Manu Arora3, Vijay Khajuria1, Vivek Mahajan1
1 Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Government Medical College, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India
2 Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Government Medical College, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India
3 Department of Psychiatry, Government Medical College, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Correspondence Address:
Vishal R Tandon
Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Government Medical College, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir
India
 Source of Support: IPC, Gaziabad (PvPI), Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/0253-7613.153439
With the increase in the cases of multidrug resistance tuberculosis, second line anti-tubercular drugs like the cycloserine are being prescribed frequently. Isoniazid and ethambutol are reported to cause psychosis like state; however, few reports of cycloserine induced psychosis are available. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of cycloserine induced psychosis with hepatic dysfunction.
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