Serotonin syndrome induced by duloxetine

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 581-582

  Hadikusumo, Benjamin ^a   Ng, Bradley ^a  

^a Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DULOXETINE; ESCITALOPRAM; LITHIUM CARBONATE; SERTRALINE; VALPROIC ACID; ZIPRASIDONE;

AGED; AGITATION; ANXIETY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAPHORESIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; INFECTION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; RELAPSE; SEROTONIN SYNDROME; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TREMOR;

AGED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; SEROTONIN SYNDROME; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; THIOPHENES;

EID: 68049083724     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00048670902873748     Document Type: Letter

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