Corticosteroid-induced delirium and dependency

A case of a patient with chronic lung disease who developed an addiction pattern of corticosteroid dependency is described in which steroid-induced delirium also developed. The rare phenomenon of corticosteroid dependency is discussed as well as the phenomenology and possible mechanisms of steroid-i...

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Published in:General hospital psychiatry 1996-05, Vol.18 (3), p.196-202
Main Authors: Stoudemire, Alan, Anfinson, Ted, Edwards, Jana
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Asthma - drug therapy
Biological and medical sciences
Delirium - chemically induced
Delirium - diagnosis
Delirium - psychology
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Drug toxicity and drugs side effects treatment
Euphoria - drug effects
Female
Humans
Lung Diseases, Obstructive - drug therapy
Machiavellianism
Medical sciences
Patient Care Team
Pharmacology. Drug treatments
Prednisone - administration & dosage
Prednisone - adverse effects
Substance-Related Disorders - diagnosis
Substance-Related Disorders - psychology
Toxicity: nervous system and muscle
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Summary:A case of a patient with chronic lung disease who developed an addiction pattern of corticosteroid dependency is described in which steroid-induced delirium also developed. The rare phenomenon of corticosteroid dependency is discussed as well as the phenomenology and possible mechanisms of steroid-induced delirium.
ISSN:0163-8343
1873-7714
DOI:10.1016/0163-8343(96)00005-9