Ecchymoses as an adverse effect of fluoxetine treatment.

نویسندگان

  • Konstantinos N Fountoulakis
  • Stavros Samolis
  • Apostolos Iacovides
  • George St Kaprinis
چکیده

We report a case of a 28-year-old major depressive female patient who manifested ecchymoses following fluoxetine use. After substitution of sertraline, her depression resolved after 4 weeks and ecchymoses 1.5 months latter. This is an unexplored side-effect with unknown long-term consequences that warrants further study.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Psychiatry research

دوره 152 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2007