Serotonin Syndrome with Atypical Hypernatremia

Atypical neuroleptic malignant syndrome or serotonin toxicity associated with atypical antipsychotics?

Atypical antipsychotics and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) have been prescribed extensively, often in combination with each other. When toxic encephalopathy develops with neuromuscular and autonomic symptoms in a patient taking medication including atypical antipsychotics, it has tended to be diagnosed as neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS). However, there have recently been s...

Fluoxetine-Induced Atypical Serotonin Syndrome with Hallucinations Masquerading as a Parkinsonian Syndrome

Objective: To report a unique case of fluoxetine overdose leading to serotonin syndrome with auditory and complex visual hallucinations. This case also demonstrates serotonin syndrome may mimic a Parkinsonian syndrome, which is poorly described in the literature. Case Summary: A 65-year-old gentleman, undergoing evaluation for possible Parkinsonian syndrome with bradykinesia and rigidity presen...

Serotonin syndrome associated with tramadol.

Serotonin syndrome.

Serotonin syndrome is a potentially serious clinical condition. In this article, the authors put serotonin syndrome into historical context, discuss its pathophysiology, review in detail its clinical presentations, diagnostic criteria, differential diagnosis and treatment. Special attention is given to drugs that most often cause serotonin syndrome, and the gene polymorphisms involved in the me...

Serotonin syndrome.

BMJ | 1 MARCH 2014 | VOLUME 348 33 NSW Poisons Information Centre, Sydney, Australia Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, NSW 2006 Department of Clinical Toxicology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia Correspondence to: N A Buckley [email protected] Cite this as: BMJ 2014;348:g1626 doi: 10.1136/bmj...