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Psychiatric side effects during methysergide treatment.

Cittadini E, Goadsby PJ

Institute of Neurology and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK.

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.

Published 20 June 2005 in J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 76(7): 1037-8.
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