Clin Psychopharmacol Neurosci.  2017 Nov;15(4):410-412. 10.9758/cpn.2017.15.4.410.

Hiccup Due to Aripiprazole Plus Methylphenidate Treatment in an Adolescent with Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder and Conduct Disorder: A Case Report

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Adana Dr. Turgut Noyan Medical and Research Center, Baskent University School of Medicine, Adana, Turkey.
  • 2Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Elazig Mental Health Hospital, Elazig, Turkey. dr.gulen@hotmail.com
  • 3Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Abant Izzet Baysal University School of Medicine, Bolu, Turkey.
  • 4Department of Medical Genetics, Adana Dr. Turgut Noyan Medical and Research Center, Baskent University School of Medicine, Adana, Turkey.

Abstract

Our case had hiccups arising in an adolescent with the attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and conduct disorder (CD) after adding aripiprazole treatment to extended-release methylphenidate. Actually, antipsychotics are also used in the treatment of hiccups, but studies suggest that they can cause hiccups as well. Within 12 hours of taking 2.5 mg aripiprazole added to extended-release methylphenidate at a dose of 54 mg/day, 16-year-old boy began having hiccups in the morning, which lasted after 3-4 hours. As a result, aripiprazole was discontinued and methylphenidate was continued alone because we could not convince the patient to use another additional drug due to this side effect. Subsequently, when his behavior got worsened day by day, his mother administered aripiprazole alone again at the dose of 2.5 mg/day at the weekend and continued treatment because hiccup did not occur again. But when it was administered with methylphenidate on Monday, hiccup started again next morning and lasted one hour at this time. In conclusion, we concluded that concurrent use of methylphenidate and aripiprazole in this adolescent led to hiccups.

Keyword

Aripiprazole; Cytochrome P-450 CYP2D6; Hiccup; Methylphenidate

MeSH Terms

Adolescent*
Antipsychotic Agents
Aripiprazole*
Conduct Disorder*
Cytochrome P-450 CYP2D6
Hiccup*
Humans
Male
Methylphenidate*
Mothers
Antipsychotic Agents
Aripiprazole
Cytochrome P-450 CYP2D6
Methylphenidate
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