Ann Pharmacol Pharm | Volume 2, Issue 6 | Case Report | Open Access

Ofloxacin Induced Visual Hallucinations in Pediatric Patient

Manisha Bisht^* and Anil Kumar

Department of Pharmacology, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, India

^*Correspondance to: Manisha Bisht 

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Abstract

Drug induced psychosis is a well known adverse drug effect; however fluoroquinolones are amongst the lesser recognized causes of neuropsychiatric manifestation. Increasing awareness regarding these drugs induced neurological manifestations can decrease the undue patient anxiety, mismanagement and facilitate the treatment of these reversible adverse effects with simple dosage adjustment or drug withdrawal. In this case report, we are describing a case of visual hallucination occurring in 5-year-old girl having no other risk factor, following two doses of ofloxacin syrup. The symptoms resolved spontaneously after drug withdrawal. This case report highlights the need of vigorous Pharmacovigilance program especially in developing countries like India for recognizing these rare adverse drug effects to facilitate the better patient management.

Keywords:

Ofloxacin; Hallucinationl; Adverse drug reaction

Citation:

Bisht M, Kumar A. Ofloxacin Induced Visual Hallucinations in Pediatric Patient. Ann Pharmacol Pharm. 2017; 2(6): 1062.