- Title
- Practice pointer: serotonin syndrome
- Creator
- Buckley, Nicholas A.; Dawson, Andrew H.; Isbister, Geoffrey K.
- Relation
- BMJ: British Medical Journal Vol. 348
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.g1626
- Publisher
- BMJ Group
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2014
- Description
- Serotonin syndrome is a potentially fatal and largely avoidable adverse drug reaction caused by serotonergic drugs. The steady increase in use of such drugs means all doctors need to be aware of what drugs increase serotonin and how to promptly recognise the syndrome and determine if it is potentially life threatening.
- Subject
- serotonin syndrome; serotonergic drugs; central nervous system; side effects
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1045902
- Identifier
- uon:14543
- Identifier
- ISSN:1756-1833
- Language
- eng
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