Serotonin syndrome with escitolapram and concomitant use of cocaine: A case report

Clinical Medicine Insights: Case Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages 81-85

  Malik, Hamood Ur Rehman ^a   Kumar, Krishan ^a  

^a NASSAU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Escitolapram; Overdose; Poisoning; Serotonin syndrome

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; COCAINE; ESCITALOPRAM; LORAZEPAM; PERCOCET; QUETIAPINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CASE REPORT; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONFUSION; DEPRESSION; DIAPHORESIS; DISORIENTATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEVER; FLUID THERAPY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MYOCLONUS; RESTLESSNESS; SEROTONIN SYNDROME; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 84863486209     PISSN: 11795476     EISSN: 11795476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4137/CCRep.S9540     Document Type: Article

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