Electroconvulsive Therapy in a Patient Receiving Rivastigmine
作者:
Mathias Zink,
Alexander Sartorius,
Florian Lederbogen,
Fritz Henn,
期刊:
The Journal of ECT
(OVID Available online 2002)
卷期:
Volume 18,
issue 3
页码: 162-164
ISSN:1095-0680
年代: 2002
出版商: OVID
关键词: Depression;Dementia;Electroconvulsive therapy;Acetylcholinesterase inhibitor;Rivastigmine
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
We report the case of an 81-year-old woman, suffering from a major depressive episode and incipient Alzheimer disease, whom we treated with ECT without interrupting therapy with the acetylcholinesterase inhibitor (ACHE-I) rivastigmine. After eight right unilateral ECT sessions, the patient remitted completely without any significant deterioration of memory and cognitive abilities or cholinergic side effects. This report demonstrates that ECT was safely used in one elderly and mildly demented person with continuous ACHE-I therapy. The hypothesis that this drug may indeed protect against unfavorable side effects of ECT should be further tested in clinical trials.
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