Uncovering the potential risk of serotonin toxicity in Australian veterans using pharmaceutical claims data

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 682-688

  Ringland, Clare ^a   Mant, Andrea ^a,d   McGettigan, Patricia ^b   Mitchell, Philip ^a   Kelman, Christopher ^c   Buckley, Nicholas ^d   Pearson, Sallie Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c The Australian National University   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged; Drug interactions; Drug utilization; Prescriptions; Serotonin toxicity; Veterans

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CLOMIPRAMINE; DESIPRAMINE; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; DOSULEPIN; DOXEPIN; FENFLURAMINE; FENTANYL; IMIPRAMINE; LINEZOLID; LITHIUM; MIANSERIN; MIRTAZAPINE; MOCLOBEMIDE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; NEFAZODONE; NORTRIPTYLINE; PENTAZOCINE; PETHIDINE; SELEGILINE; SEROTONIN 1 AGONIST; SEROTONIN AGONIST; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SIBUTRAMINE; TRAMADOL; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROTONIN SYNDROME; VETERAN;

EID: 55149087916     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2008.03253.x     Document Type: Article

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