Am J Psychiatry 1984; 141:103-104
Copyright © 1984 by American Psychiatric Association
Behavioral change in a cancer patient following intrathecal beta- endorphin administration
D Pickar, M Dubois and MR Cohen
A patient with a disseminated malignancy received 3 mg of synthetic
beta-endorphin administered intrathecally by lumbar puncture. A marked
behavioral syndrome characterized by confusion, hypomanic/manic behavior,
and psychosis followed drug administration and persisted for more than 2
days.