Orange and green monkeys jumping around the room

The Lancet
Volume 370, Issue 9598, Page 1588
3 November 2007
doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61663-8

Dr Sunku Hemanth Guptha MRCP, Tha Han MB, Qais Arafat FRCR, Okubadejo Deyo FRCP

Department of Medicine for Older People, Edith Cavell Hospital, Peterborough, UK

In July, 2006, a 62-year-old solicitor, with a 14-year history of Parkinson's disease, began to have worse tremor, stiffness, and fatigue, and reduced motor control. His illness had previously been well controlled by co-careldopa and selegiline. Ropirinole was introduced, and his symptoms decreased as the dose was increased. However, after 2 months, when the dose was 12 mg daily, he started to experience visual hallucinations of orange and green monkeys jumping around his room, and men in green ...

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