Lithium: contributor to movement disorder sensitivity after anoxic brain injury?

Lithium: contributor to movement disorder sensitivity after anoxic brain injury?

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Although lithium-induced dystonia has been well documented in the literature, conflicting evidence discusses whether a patient may be susceptible to adverse effects from the drug after an anoxic brain injury.More recent literature discusses that lithium may, in fact, be neuroprotective.This case report french wrap plus presents a 35-year-old male who, after an anoxic brain injury after a suicide attempt, developed lithium-induced dystonia with characteristic symptoms of short knee length kurtis sustained muscle contractions, repetitive movements, and postures, which was not markedly improved with benztropine or benzodiazepines.It is postulated that because this patient received a depot neuroleptic with a subsequent anoxic brain injury, he may have become more sensitive to lithium and its rare complications.