Addictive use of the stimulant drug pemoline caused a delusional disorder in a middle-aged man. Discontinuance of use of the drug promptly reversed the psychosis, which subsequently recurred when pemoline was again used. Pemoline seems to be an addictive drug and has an additional property that heretofore has been attributed mainly to amphetamines--precipitation of a paranoid psychosis.
对兴奋剂匹莫林的成瘾性使用导致一名中年男子患上妄想症。停用该药后,精神病症状迅速消失,但再次使用匹莫林时,精神病症状又复发了。匹莫林似乎是一种成瘾性药物,并且具有一种此前主要归因于安非他明的额外特性——引发偏执型精神病。