Status cataplecticus precipitated by abrupt withdrawal of venlafaxine

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 715-716

  Wang, Janice ^a   Greenberg, Harly ^a  

^a DONALD AND BARBARA ZUCKER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT HOFSTRA NORTHWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cataplexy; Narcolepsy; Status cataplecticus; Venlafaxine withdrawal

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE; VENLAFAXINE;

AGED; ANGER; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATAPLEXY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EXCITEMENT; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL HISTORY; NARCOLEPSY; NIGHT SLEEP; NONREM SLEEP; PARASOMNIA; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP WALKING; SLURRED SPEECH; SOMNOLENCE;

CATAPLEXY; NARCOLEPSY; STATUS CATAPLECTICUS; VENLAFAXINE WITHDRAWAL;

AGED; CATAPLEXY; CYCLOHEXANOLS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; NARCOLEPSY; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 84880905876     PISSN: 15509389     EISSN: 15509397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.2848     Document Type: Article

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