The impact of aripiprazole on INR in a psychotic patient during warfarin therapy

Aripiprazole is an atypic antipsychotic drug commonly used in the treatment of negative and positive psychotic symptoms in patients with schizophrenia, other psychotic disorders and bipolar disorder. Sagittal sinus thrombosis and transverse sinus thrombosis are the manifestations of venous thromboem...

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Main Author: Taha Can Tuman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AVES 2018-10-01
Series:Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/24750573.2017.1422960
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description Aripiprazole is an atypic antipsychotic drug commonly used in the treatment of negative and positive psychotic symptoms in patients with schizophrenia, other psychotic disorders and bipolar disorder. Sagittal sinus thrombosis and transverse sinus thrombosis are the manifestations of venous thromboembolism. Warfarin is used in the treatment of venous thromboembolism. Antipsychotic treatment should be used with caution when psychotic symptoms develop in patients receiving thrombosis therapy. It is known that the risk of thrombosis increases in patients receiving antipsychotic treatment. A 32-year-old female was admitted to our outpatient unit with complaints of psychotic symptoms. The patient was using warfarin therapy for thrombosis prophylaxis. Before aripiprazole was started, INR (international normalized ratio) value was 2.18. After a week, INR value was 8. Aripiprazole treatment was stopped and INR value returned to 2.24 after a week. This report describes a 32-year-old female patient with a diagnosis of unspecified schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorder according to DSM-5 who developed an increase in INR levels during aripiprazole therapy. This side effect is important because it may sometimes be life threatening and our case is the first case showing the effect of aripiprazole on INR.
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spelling doaj.art-88b3cd5a4ee84885a77445bdf338f6bb2023-02-15T16:09:56ZengAVESPsychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology2475-05732475-05812018-10-0128446746810.1080/24750573.2017.14229601422960The impact of aripiprazole on INR in a psychotic patient during warfarin therapyTaha Can Tuman0Birecik State HospitalAripiprazole is an atypic antipsychotic drug commonly used in the treatment of negative and positive psychotic symptoms in patients with schizophrenia, other psychotic disorders and bipolar disorder. Sagittal sinus thrombosis and transverse sinus thrombosis are the manifestations of venous thromboembolism. Warfarin is used in the treatment of venous thromboembolism. Antipsychotic treatment should be used with caution when psychotic symptoms develop in patients receiving thrombosis therapy. It is known that the risk of thrombosis increases in patients receiving antipsychotic treatment. A 32-year-old female was admitted to our outpatient unit with complaints of psychotic symptoms. The patient was using warfarin therapy for thrombosis prophylaxis. Before aripiprazole was started, INR (international normalized ratio) value was 2.18. After a week, INR value was 8. Aripiprazole treatment was stopped and INR value returned to 2.24 after a week. This report describes a 32-year-old female patient with a diagnosis of unspecified schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorder according to DSM-5 who developed an increase in INR levels during aripiprazole therapy. This side effect is important because it may sometimes be life threatening and our case is the first case showing the effect of aripiprazole on INR.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/24750573.2017.1422960AripiprazoleINRwarfarin
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INR
warfarin
title The impact of aripiprazole on INR in a psychotic patient during warfarin therapy
title_full The impact of aripiprazole on INR in a psychotic patient during warfarin therapy
title_fullStr The impact of aripiprazole on INR in a psychotic patient during warfarin therapy
title_full_unstemmed The impact of aripiprazole on INR in a psychotic patient during warfarin therapy
title_short The impact of aripiprazole on INR in a psychotic patient during warfarin therapy
title_sort impact of aripiprazole on inr in a psychotic patient during warfarin therapy
topic Aripiprazole
INR
warfarin
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/24750573.2017.1422960
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