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A Retrospective Examination of the Impact of Pharmacotherapy on Parent–Child Interaction Therapy

Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology | July 28, 2021 | Volume: 31 | Issue: 10 | Pages: 685-691

10.1089/cap.2021.0043 | PMID 34319785

Hypomania associated with high dose ketamine treatment

Bipolar Disorders | February 15, 2021 | Volume: 23 | Issue: 4 | Pages: 426-428

10.1111/bdi.13059 | PMID 33587793

Restless legs syndrome following the use of ziprasidone: a case report

General Psychiatry | March 12, 2020 | Volume: 33 | Issue: 2 | Pages: No page available

10.1136/gpsych-2019-100112 | PMID 32215360

Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a common sleep‐related movement disorder characterised by an uncomfortable urge to move the legs that occurs during periods of inactivity. Although there have been many case reports on antipsychotic‐induced RLS, ziprasidone has never been reported as a cause of RLS. We present a case of a female patient with schizophrenia who presented with symptoms of RLS following the administration of high doses of ziprasidone added to quetiapine and valproate. The patient’s symptoms of RLS occurred following the administration and titration of ziprasidone to 160 mg, and were relieved upon reducing the dose to 120 mg/day. Other potential causative medications and differential diagnoses that could have caused similar symptoms were excluded. Clinicians should be aware of the potential for ziprasidone‐induced RLS. Dopamine and serotonin interaction could be the mechanism underlying ziprasidone‐induced RLS.