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| Year : 2016 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 80-81 |
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Disulfiram-induced dystonia
Vishwanatha Sham Alamela1, Mahesh Desai2, C Arunkumar2
1 Department of Psychiatry, Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubli, Karnataka, India
2 Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubli, Karnataka, India
Correspondence Address:
Vishwanatha Sham Alamela
Department of Psychiatry, Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubli - 580 022, Karnataka
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0974-5009.182603
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Disulfiram (DSF) is most commonly used as avertive therapy in day to day practice in deaddiction devision, have many side effects but dystonia is an uncommon side effect. Here we report a case of 34 year-old-male who is suffering from disulfiram induced dystonia. clinician should be aware of this side effect as this may influence the drug compliance and maintainig abstinence from the alcohol. |
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