Successful treatment with pimozide of Capgras syndrome in an elderly male

J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol. 1992 Oct-Dec;5(4):217-9. doi: 10.1177/002383099200500406.

Abstract

A case of Capgras syndrome in a 67-year-old man who failed to improve on haloperidol, but responded to pimozide, is described. The patient's paranoid delusions abated with 8 mg per day of pimozide. We believe pimozide's established benefit in the treatment of delusional disorders warrants its consideration in alleviating other delusions, including "the delusion of doubles."

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Capgras Syndrome / drug therapy*
  • Capgras Syndrome / psychology
  • Delusions / drug therapy
  • Delusions / psychology
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Haloperidol / therapeutic use
  • Hospitalization
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Paranoid Disorders / drug therapy
  • Paranoid Disorders / psychology
  • Pimozide / therapeutic use*
  • Social Environment

Substances

  • Pimozide
  • Haloperidol