Withdrawal reactions following discontinuation of tricyclic antidepressants and short acting selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) have been reported. We describe three cases of paroxetine induced withdrawal effects.
Withdrawal symptoms from paroxetine
โ Scribed by Colin Milliken; Stephen J. Cooper
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 74 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-6222
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โฆ Synopsis
Cessation of tricyclic antidepressant drugs can result in `cholinergic type' withdrawal symptoms. There is also evidence for withdrawal symptoms following sudden cessation of SSRI antidepressants. Observations made on three patients are described following abrupt cessation of paroxetine, prescribed for treatment of depression. The withdrawal symptoms described are suggestive of some form of serotonergic eect and the dierent frequencies with dierent SSRIs may relate to their dierent potencies for serotonin re-uptake inhibition as well as to pharmacokinetic dierences.
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