Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: Summary Serotonin syndrome (serotonin toxicity or serotonin toxidrome) is a potentially serious and theoretically predictable reaction that appears to be rarely diagnosed in practice in the UK. Some symptoms of serotonin syndrome overlap with features of other presentations in psychiatry and thus may be misattributed to mental illness (‘diagnostic overshadowing’). Further, there may be diagnostic dilemmas in patients on combinations of drugs, those receiving drugs with previously unknown serotonergic properties or where there are drug interactions. Prescriber vigilance and holistic review of the patient, including the pharmacotherapy, may be helpful in avoiding progression of serotonin syndrome to more serious outcomes.
Source: BJPsych Advances
Author: Rabia Ellahi
Institution: University Hospital Ayr
Language: English
Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Funder: NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
OpenAlex ID: W2271941816