2014
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2014-203865
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Auditory hallucinations induced by trazodone

Abstract: A 26-year-old female outpatient presenting with a depressive state suffered from auditory hallucinations at night. Her auditory hallucinations did not respond to blonanserin or paliperidone, but partially responded to risperidone. In view of the possibility that her auditory hallucinations began after starting trazodone, trazodone was discontinued, leading to a complete resolution of her auditory hallucinations. Furthermore, even after risperidone was decreased and discontinued, her auditory hallucinations did… Show more

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“…Here we first report a case of visual hallucinations, induced by trazodone. Related findings were already observed and published in the literature, particularly auditory hallucinations induced by trazodone [ 39 ], and a disorganized type of psychosis in which the patient's psychotic symptoms included hallucinations as part of the clinical picture [ 40 ], after trazodone treatment. In all of them there was a clinical remission upon the discontinuation of the offending drug.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 72%
“…Here we first report a case of visual hallucinations, induced by trazodone. Related findings were already observed and published in the literature, particularly auditory hallucinations induced by trazodone [ 39 ], and a disorganized type of psychosis in which the patient's psychotic symptoms included hallucinations as part of the clinical picture [ 40 ], after trazodone treatment. In all of them there was a clinical remission upon the discontinuation of the offending drug.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 72%
“…Secondly, the practitioners should be prudent to assess adverse events of medication with considering the cases who do not realize the symptoms are adverse events as well the present case. In literature, there are reported cases in which auditory hallucinations were induced by selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) such as citalopram ( 3 ), paroxetine ( 1 ), and trazodone ( 2 ). Since all of them have interactions with serotonin, the possible involvement of serotoninergic systems in the present of auditory hallucinations was evidenced.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%