A CASE OF SEROTONIN SYNDROME CAUSED BY VENLAFAXINE AND LITHIUM

Authors
Citation
G. Mekler et B. Woggon, A CASE OF SEROTONIN SYNDROME CAUSED BY VENLAFAXINE AND LITHIUM, Pharmacopsychiatry, 30(6), 1997, pp. 272-273
Citations number
2
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,"Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Journal title
ISSN journal
01763679
Volume
30
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
272 - 273
Database
ISI
SICI code
0176-3679(1997)30:6<272:ACOSSC>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Serotonin syndrome occurred under treatment with average dose of Venla faxine and lithium in a 50 year-old female patient with a history of s ensitiveness to SSRIs. Plasma levels of Venlafaxine and its metabolite were within reference range. Parmacogenetic evalutation indicated nor mal metabolic pathway.