Pediatric Neurology Briefs (Sep 1997)
Gabapentin-Induced Choreoathetosis
Abstract
Two institutionalized, severely retarded adults, aged 42 and 41, with intractable epilepsy, developed choreoathetosis within 14 days when gabapentin in dosages of 1200 to 1800 mg/d were added as adjunctive therapy to valproic acid or phenytoin, in a report from University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, and Denton State School, Texas Mental Health and MR System.
Keywords
