Amlodipine-induced delirium in a patient with ischemic stroke

Neurologist. 2012 May;18(3):171-2. doi: 10.1097/NRL.0b013e318251e725.

Abstract

Amlodipine is a dihydropyridine calcium antagonist drug with distinctive pharmacokinetic characteristics that seem to be attributable to a high degree of ionization. Delirium is a neuropsychiatric syndrome recognized as a marker for increased health care costs, morbidity, mortality, and institutionalization that often complicates acute physical illness in elderly people. This case is the first report concerning amlodipine use as a cause of delirium.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Amlodipine / adverse effects*
  • Calcium Channel Blockers / adverse effects*
  • Delirium / chemically induced*
  • Humans
  • Ischemia / complications
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Stroke / drug therapy*
  • Stroke / etiology

Substances

  • Calcium Channel Blockers
  • Amlodipine