A Case of Serotonin Syndrome Caused by Venlafaxine and Lithium

G. Mekler; B. Woggon

doi:10.1055/s-2007-979507

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Pharmacopsychiatry 1997; 30(6): 272-273
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-979507

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A Case of Serotonin Syndrome Caused by Venlafaxine and Lithium

G. Mekler, B. Woggon

Psychiatric University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland

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20 April 2007 (online)

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Serotonin syndrome occurred under treatment with average dose of Venlafaxine and lithium in a 50 year-old female patient with a history of sensitiveness to SSRIs. Plasma levels of Venlafaxine and its metabolite were within reference range. Parmacogenetic evalutation indicated normal metabolic pathway.