Abstract

BARRIENTOS GUEVARA, Samuel Andrés; GARCIA MALDONADO, François Gerard  and  CERRATO LEMUS, José Luis. CASE REPORT: VALPROIC ACID INTOXICATION AND NEUROPSYCHIATRIC FINDINGS. Rev Cient Cienc Méd [online]. 2020, vol.23, n.2, pp.247-251. ISSN 1817-7433.

Valproic Acid (VA), a widely known medication being used in partial and simple epilepsy treatment because of its antiepileptic properties. It's also used within Psychiatry as a mood stabilizer and the support in the treatment for manic episodes on which lithium its contraindicated. We present the case of a 53-year-old man with non-specified schizoaffective disorder and poor adherence to treatment, when initiated treatment with VA developed drug toxicity that was independent of VA serum levels, resolving with intravenous fluids and dose readjustment.

Keywords : Valproic Acid; Psychopharmacology; Neuro-psychiatry.

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