Mirtazapine Induced Parasomnia Overlap Disorder

Sleepwalking, REM sleep behaviour disorder and overlap parasomnia in patients with Parkinson's disease.

BACKGROUND/AIMS In a questionnaire survey, we identified 36 (9%) of 417 Parkinson's disease (PD) patients with sleepwalking (SW); 72% of them also had a history of REM sleep behaviour disorder (RBD). We aimed to assess the clinical and polysomnographic characteristics of SW in PD and to compare them to patients with PD with and without a history of RBD. METHODS We performed video-polysomnogra...

Parasomnia overlap disorder, Parkinson’s disease and subthalamic deep brain stimulation: three case reports

BACKGROUND Parasomnia overlap disorder (POD) is a distinct parasomnia and characterized by concomitant manifestation of rapid-eye-movement (REM)- and non-REM (NREM)-parasomnias. Although not uncommon among patients with Parkinson's disease, POD is often under-investigated. CASE PRESENTATION This is the first report of patients with PD and features of POD that underwent deep brain stimulation....

Mirtazapine-induced arthralgia.

AIM With this article, we intend to corroborate the assumed association between mirtazapine and arthralgia by presentation of eight case reports, and we describe a possible mechanism of action. METHODS AND RESULTS The Netherlands Pharmacovigilance Centre Lareb received eight case reports on arthralgia associated with use of mirtazapine. These case reports are presented in short. We also prese...

Sleep-Related Eating Disorder Associated With Mirtazapine

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Sleep disorder associated with antibodies to IgLON5: parasomnia or agrypnia?