Many drugs can cause psychiatric symptoms, but a causal connection is often difficult to establish. Psychiatric symptoms that emerge during drug treatment could also be due to the underlying illness, previously unrecognized psychopathology, or psychosocial factors. The withdrawal of some drugs can cause symptoms such as anxiety, psychosis, delirium, agitation or depression.

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Gemtuzumab ozogamicin, a monoclonal antibody bound to a cytotoxic antibiotic, has been approved by the FDA for treatment of patients with CD33-positive acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in first relapse who are more than 60 years old and may not be able to tolerate cytotoxic chemotherapy