The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman found he was not sufficiently warned of the side effects
A man was not warned about the side-effects of a new medicine before he suffered a psychotic episode which led to him having hallucinations of bears and burglars, a watchdog has said. The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman said Andrew Holland was “not fully informed” when he was prescribed prednisolone – a type of steroid.
He then became aggressive, psychotic and was “inexplicably wandering the street at different times of the day and night”, the PHSO said. Mr Holland began seeing hallucinations which left him “confused and scared”, the ombudsman added. After several hospital visits for symptoms, he was diagnosed with steroid-induced psychosis, and later steroid mania. The PHSO said there was a “missed opportunity to fully inform of potential extreme side-effects” of his medication and it recommended that Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust pay £700 compensation in recognition of the distress and worry he experienced.
Patient safety information leaflets for prednisolone tablets state that “mental health problems can happen while taking steroids like prednisolone”.
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