A case of serotonin syndrome precipitated by abuse of the anticough remedy dextromethorphan in a bipolar patient treated with fluoxetine and lithium [1]

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 78-80

  Navarro, Aniceto ^a   Perry, Christopher ^a   Bobo, William V ^a,b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; CLONAZEPAM; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; FLUOXETINE; LITHIUM; MOOD STABILIZER; PROPRANOLOL;

ADULT; AKATHISIA; ANAMNESIS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; DIAPHORESIS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG INTOXICATION; FEVER; FLUSHING; HALLUCINATION; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RESTLESSNESS; SEROTONIN SYNDROME; TACHYCARDIA; TREMOR;

ADULT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FLUOXETINE; HUMANS; LITHIUM; MALE; SEROTONIN SYNDROME; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 29244474918     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2005.06.008     Document Type: Letter

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