[Psychosensorial manifestations observed in psychotic patients treated with betamimetic drugs].

We report four observations of women who had acute or subacute psychotic crisis and who were stabilized without any manifestation. In order to delay delivery these women received during pre-partum high doses of beta-mimetic drugs (isoxsuprine and salbutamol). Such a prescription seems to have been responsible of acute and transient psychotic symptoms similar to those observed in drug-induced psychosis (derealisation preceeding depersonalization, visual and auditory hallucinations, anxiety). Recently Gluckman has described a similar case to those reported here. But in his case the conditions of coming out were different and there was a lack of psychotic antecedents. Previous works concerning "psychotic-like" effects of beta-blokers rise the question of possible psychodysleptic effects of beta-mimetic drugs.