Facial flushing associated with duloxetine use

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 495-496

  Ezzo, Danielle C ^a,b   Patel, Priti N ^c,d  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Department of Pharmacy and Administrative Sciences   (United States)

^d International Drug Information Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Botulinum toxin A; Dosage; Duloxetine hydrochloride; Flushing; Migraine; Pindolol; Rational therapy; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BOTULINUM TOXIN A; BUTALBITAL PLUS CAFFEINE PLUS PARACETAMOL; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DULOXETINE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; PINDOLOL; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; TRIPTAN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; FLUSHING; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSOMNIA; MIGRAINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 33847392458     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2146/ajhp060069     Document Type: Article

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