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hallucination
Perception of an external stimulus when no external stimulus is present.
Etiology:
1) schizophrenia
2) pharmacologic causes:
a) amantadine
b) beta blockers
- timolol*
c) levodopa
e) narcotics
1] meperidine
2] pentazocine
f) tricyclic antidepressants
g) hallucinogens
a) lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD)
b) phencyclidine
c) psilocybin (magic mushroom)
h) donepezil*
3) neurodegenerative disease
- Parkinson's disease
- Lewy body dementia
- late-stage Alzheimer's disease
4) visual release hallucinations in patients with severe vision loss
- Charles Bonnet syndrome
* most recently started potentially offending medication most likely
Management:
1) discontinue offending pharmaceutical agents if possible
2) antipsychotic agents
Related
delusion
psychosis
synesthesia
Specific
auditory hallucination
hallucinations associated with Parkinson's disease
olfactory hallucination (phantosmia)
visual hallucination
General
sign/symptom
References
- Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 13th ed.
Isselbacher et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1994, pg 137, 411
- Sinert RO
Fast Five Quiz: Psilocybin and Other Hallucinogenic Drugs.
Medscape. September 07, 2021
https://reference.medscape.com/viewarticle/957547