THE EFFECT OF NICOTINIC ACID IN STUPOR, LETHARGY AND VARIOUS OTHER PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS

V. P. SYDENSTRICKER and H. M. CLECKLEYAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 98, Number 1

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.98.1.83

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Thirty-eight patients in stuporous states or in active psychoses without evident cause showed prompt and often very impressive improvement after treatment with nicotinic acid.

The usual criteria for the clinical diagnosis of pellagra or of other deficiency syndromes were absent.

This experience leads us to believe that many patients whose psychiatric status suggests the diagnosis of toxic psychosis or exhaustion delirium may be relieved of their symptoms by the administration of nicotinic acid. It is believed that in such cases and in cases who show unexplained clouding of consciousness a therapeutic trial of nicotinic acid is the only means available by which one can determine whether or not the psychosis is due to avitaminosis.

In some exceptional cases, even when clinical evidence of pellagra is absent, extremely large amounts of nicotinic acid are necessary to obtain satisfactory results.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 98 • Number 1 • July 1941

Pages: 83 - 92

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Published in print: July 1941

Published online: 1 April 2006

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V. P. SYDENSTRICKER

The Departments of Internal Medicine and of Neuropsychiatry, The School of Medicine, University of Georgia and the University Hospital, Augusta, Ga.

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H. M. CLECKLEY

The Departments of Internal Medicine and of Neuropsychiatry, The School of Medicine, University of Georgia and the University Hospital, Augusta, Ga.

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THE EFFECT OF NICOTINIC ACID IN STUPOR, LETHARGY AND VARIOUS OTHER PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS

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