1. Serotonin syndrome.
- Author
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Ivanusa Z, Hećimović H, and Demarin V
- Subjects
- Fluoxetine adverse effects, Fluoxetine therapeutic use, Humans, Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors administration & dosage, Nervous System Diseases diagnosis, Nervous System Diseases physiopathology, Receptors, Serotonin physiology, Serotonin Agents administration & dosage, Substance-Related Disorders physiopathology, Synaptic Transmission physiology, Syndrome, Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors adverse effects, Nervous System Diseases chemically induced, Receptors, Serotonin drug effects, Serotonin physiology, Serotonin Agents adverse effects, Substance-Related Disorders diagnosis, Synaptic Transmission drug effects
- Abstract
Serotonin syndrome usually occurs after treatment with monoamine oxydase inhibitors and drugs that enhance serotoninergic transmission. Serotonin agents, such as Proza, are commonly prescribed drugs; therefore, the serotonin syndrome appears more frequently than before. Clinicians must be able to prevent, recognize, and treat this syndrome in their practice. This review summarizes the literature of case reports of patients who developed the serotonin syndrome.
- Published
- 1997