Lactate infusions in obsessive-compulsive disorder

Am J Psychiatry. 1985 Jul;142(7):864-6. doi: 10.1176/ajp.142.7.864.

Abstract

Panic attacks followed sodium lactate infusions in one of seven patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder and 26 of 48 patients with panic disorder or agoraphobia with panic attacks. This suggests that lactate-induced panic is specific to the latter groups.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anxiety Disorders / chemically induced*
  • Anxiety Disorders / diagnosis
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Fear*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infusions, Parenteral
  • Lactates* / administration & dosage
  • Lactic Acid
  • Male
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / diagnosis
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / physiopathology*
  • Panic*

Substances

  • Lactates
  • Lactic Acid