SEROTONIN SYNDROME INDUCED BY TRANSITIONING FROM PHENELZINE TO VENLAFAXINE - 4 PATIENT REPORTS

With the use of the newer antidepressants beyond the traditional tricy clics and monoamine oxidase inhibitors, newer options in headache prop hylaxis are provided as well as the potential for undesirable and even potentially life-threatening interactions between medications. In thi s article, four patient reports of a specific interaction-the serotoni n syndrome-are presented. These events resulted from transitioning hea dache patients from an older antidepressant (phenelzine) to a newer an tidepressant (venlafaxine).