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Case Reports
. 1993 Mar;64(3):208-10.

[Successful hyposensitization treatment of a patient with schizoaffective psychosis and carbamazepine allergy]

[Article in German]
L Hermle  1 , M Spitzer
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  • PMID: 8479594
Case Reports

[Successful hyposensitization treatment of a patient with schizoaffective psychosis and carbamazepine allergy]

[Article in German]
L Hermle et al. Nervenarzt. 1993 Mar.

Abstract

For the prevention of relapse in a 25 year old man with schizoaffective psychosis, lithium was prescribed but had to be discontinued because the patient developed psoriasis. Carbamazepine was started but had to be discontinued as the patient developed a generalized substance-induced skin rush. A six-week desensitization procedure with increased oral doses, starting with 1 mg per day, allowed relapse prevention with carbamazepine on a usual dosage. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a successful desensitization of a psychiatric patient with carbamazepine allergy.

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