Fluoxetine and the serotonin syndrome.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A 48-year-old man presented to the emergency department with confusion, agitation, diaphoresis, and muscle rigidity after beginning treatment with fluoxetine, a serotonin reuptake inhibitor. He had discontinued treatment with tranylcypromine, a monoamine oxidase inhibitor, 2 weeks earlier. The constellation of findings was diagnostic of the serotonin syndrome.
Medical subject headings
- Akathisia, Drug-Induced
- Confusion
- Fluoxetine
- Muscle Rigidity
- Sweating
- Tranylcypromine