Should the Physician's Desk Reference contraindicate the use of chlorpromazine-fluoxetine combination? A case report [6]

Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 438-

  Adetunji, Babatunde ^a   Basil, Biju ^a   Mathews, Maju ^a   Osinowo, Thomas ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ODMH Northcoast Behavioral Healthcare   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORPROMAZINE; CITALOPRAM; FLUOXETINE;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; CASE REPORT; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LETTER; MENTAL PATIENT; PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; QT PROLONGATION; SIDE EFFECT; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; CHLORPROMAZINE; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOXETINE; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; REFERENCE BOOKS, MEDICAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA, PARANOID;

EID: 33746921925     PISSN: 02710749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jcp.0000227349.67535.6b     Document Type: Letter

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