Fatal toxicity of serotoninergic and other antidepressant drugs: Analysis of United Kingdom mortality data

British Medical Journal

Volumn 325, Issue 7376, 2002, Pages 1332-1333

  Buckley, Nicholas A ^a   McManus, Peter R ^a  

^a CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; AMOXAPINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BUTRIPTYLINE; CITALOPRAM; CLOMIPRAMINE; DESIPRAMINE; DOSULEPIN; DOXEPIN; FLUOXETINE; FLUVOXAMINE; IMIPRAMINE; IPRINDOLE; LOFEPRAMINE; MAPROTILINE; MIANSERIN; MIRTAZAPINE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; NEFAZODONE; NORTRIPTYLINE; PAROXETINE; PROTRIPTYLINE; SEROTONIN AGONIST; SERTRALINE; TRAZODONE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; TRIMIPRAMINE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VENLAFAXINE; VILOXAZINE;

ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETHALITY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0037038983     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1332     Document Type: Article

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