Antidepressant-induced sweating

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 748-752

  Marcy, Todd R ^a   Britton, Mark L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b Univ of OK Health Sciences Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Drug induced sweating; Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors; Tricyclic antidepressants

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ATORVASTATIN; CAPTOPRIL; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; GLIBENCLAMIDE; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE PLUS SALBUTAMOL SULFATE; METFORMIN; OXYBUTYNIN; PAROXETINE; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAPHORESIS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWEATING;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SWEATING;

EID: 15444378606     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1E564     Document Type: Article

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