| An interesting case of serotonin syndrome precipitated by escitalopram. | |
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PMID: 21189920 Owner: NLM Status: PubMed-not-MEDLINE |
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Serotonin syndrome is a known entity, which occurs with multiple drugs acting on serotonergic receptors. A 73-year-old lady presented with a history of agitation, altered sensorium, and autonomic hyperactivity after starting escitalopram on therapeutic dosage for her depressive syndrome who was on selegiline for her parkinsonism. This syndrome with therapeutic dose escitalopram warrants the careful and judicious use of the drug especially with other serotonergic drugs, so that this serious medical complication can be avoided. |
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Debasish Sanyal; Suddhendu Chakraborty; Ranjan Bhattacharyya |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Indian journal of pharmacology Volume: 42 ISSN: 1998-3751 ISO Abbreviation: Indian J Pharmacol Publication Date: 2010 Dec |
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Created Date: 2010-12-30 Completed Date: 2011-07-14 Revised Date: 2011-07-19 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7902477 Medline TA: Indian J Pharmacol Country: India |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 418-9 Citation Subset: - |
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Department of Psychiatry, Calcutta National Medical College, Kolkata, India. |
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