Escitalopram-associated serotonin toxicity [15]

Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 229-230

  Vari, Gabor ^a   Beckson, Mace ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARIPIPRAZOLE; BENZODIAZEPINE; BUPRENORPHINE; ESCITALOPRAM; HYDROCODONE; LORAZEPAM; MIRTAZAPINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CASE REPORT; DEPRESSION; DETOXIFICATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EMERGENCY WARD; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FLUSHING; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INTOXICATION; LETTER; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSCLE TIGHTNESS; MYDRIASIS; MYOCLONUS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESSNESS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTONIN TOXICITY; TIC; TREMOR;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; CITALOPRAM; DEPRESSION; DRUG TOXICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 34247148153     PISSN: 02710749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jcp.0000264977.64120.43     Document Type: Letter

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