RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Psychiatric side effects during methysergide treatment
JF Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
JO J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 1037
OP 1038
DO 10.1136/jnnp.2004.048363
VO 76
IS 7
A1 E Cittadini
A1 P J Goadsby
YR 2005
UL http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/76/7/1037.abstract
AB A patient is reported with psychological change characterised by impaired concentration and thought projection, followed by both severe anxiety and depression, starting after three weeks on high dose methysergide. The acute problem settled slowly after methysergide withdrawal and is likely to represent an unusual and serious side effect of that drug.