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Successful Treatment of Hallucinations Associated With Sensory Impairment Using Gabapentin

Received December 15, 2006; revised May 9 and July 2, 2007; accepted July 9, 2007. Drs. Holroyd and Sabeen are affiliated with the Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va. Address correspondence to Suzanne Holroyd, M.D., Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, University of Virginia, Box 800623, Charlottesville, VA 22908; sh4s{at}virginia.edu (e-mail).

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Sensory impairment hallucinations, such as visual hallucinations with visual loss, may not respond to traditional treatments such as antipsychotics. In this case series, the authors describe four patients with either visual or musical hallucinations associated with sensory impairment who were successfully treated with gabapentin.

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