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Clarithromycin induced mania
2008
Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine
Clarithromycin is an antibiotic used for the treatment of a variety of infectious diseases. We wish to report a case where strong evidences point to clarithromycin as a causative factor of mania. Mrs A, a 41 -year-old woman with a history of depression since she was 29 years old, started to take clarithromycin (500mg bid 12-12h) for the treatment of a urinary tract infection. She was also taking paroxetine 20mg od and diazepam 10mg od for the treatment of her depression. After the first dose of
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