The combined use of bupropion, lithium, and venlafaxine during ECT: A caseof prolonged seizure activity

Authors
Conway, CR Nelson, LA
Citation
Cr. Conway et La. Nelson, The combined use of bupropion, lithium, and venlafaxine during ECT: A caseof prolonged seizure activity, J ECT, 17(3), 2001, pp. 216-218
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,"Clinical Psycology & Psychiatry
Journal title
JOURNAL OF ECT
ISSN journal
10950680 → ACNP
Volume
17
Issue
3
Year of publication
2001
Pages
216 - 218
Database
ISI
SICI code
1095-0680(200109)17:3<216:TCUOBL>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
There is limited literature addressing the safety of administering electroc onvulsive therapy (ECT) to patients concomitantly receiving bupropion monot herapy or in combination with other drugs that may alter the seizure thresh old. We describe a prolonged seizure occurring during the first treatment o f a course of ECT in an adult patient receiving long-term bupropion therapy , lithium, and venlafaxine.