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  • - Neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) is a serious and potentially fatal reaction to antipsychotic medications.
  • - It primarily occurs with typical antipsychotics and is rarely associated with atypical ones, although there have been instances with atypicals like quetiapine.
  • - This particular case is noteworthy because it involved a patient who had been stable on a maintenance dose of quetiapine (200 mg/day) for five years before experiencing NMS.

Article Abstract

Neuroleptic malignant syndrome is an acute, life-threatening medical complication caused by antipsychotics. It is commonly seen with typical antipsychotics and very rare with atypicals. Cases have been reported with quetiapine also, but this case is of special interest because it occurred in patient who was stable on maintenance quetiapine 200 mg/day for last 5 years.

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