Donepezil in the treatment of musical hallucinations |
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| Authors: | Ukai Satoshi Yamamoto Masakiyo Tanaka Michio Shinosaki Kazuhiro Takeda Masatoshi |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan. ukai@wakayama-med.ac.jp |
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| Abstract: | Musical hallucinations (MH) typically occur among elderly individuals and are associated with hearing impairment. The authors describe a patient with features of typical MH who was successfully treated with donepezil, a cholinesterase inhibitor, as a combination therapy and who has not shown any subsequent cognitive decline for approximately 5 years. The efficacy of donepezil in this patient indicates that age-dependent dysfunction of cholinergic neurons might be related to the development of MH. |
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| Keywords: | donepezil musical hallucinations pharmacotherapy |
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