Visual perseveration: a new side effect of maprotiline

Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2000 Jun;101(6):476-7. doi: 10.1034/j.1600-0447.2000.101006476.x.

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this paper is to describe a case of visual perseveration including palinopsia during maprotiline therapy.

Method: A single case report.

Results: The patient, a 56-year-old depressive man, suffered from visual perseveration during maprotiline therapy. The visual perseveration was dose-related and disappeared with reduction and cessation of the therapy.

Conclusion: The present findings suggest that maprotiline can induce visual perseveration including palinopsia in some patients.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antidepressive Agents, Second-Generation / adverse effects*
  • Antidepressive Agents, Second-Generation / pharmacology
  • Brain / drug effects
  • Brain / physiopathology
  • Depression / drug therapy
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Electroencephalography
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Maprotiline / adverse effects*
  • Maprotiline / pharmacology
  • Middle Aged
  • Perceptual Disorders / chemically induced*
  • Visual Perception*

Substances

  • Antidepressive Agents, Second-Generation
  • Maprotiline