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- Title
Extrapyramidal side effects and suicidal ideation under fluoxetine treatment: a case report.
- Authors
Christodoulou, Christos; Papadopoulou, Athanasia; Rizos, Emmanouil; Tournikioti, Kalliopi; Gonda, Xenia; Douzenis, Athanassios; Lykouras, Lefteris
- Abstract
Background: We present the case of a 52-year-old woman with depression who developed extrapyramidal symptoms (mainly parkinsonism) and suicidal ideation while on fluoxetine. Methods: The patient underwent neurological and neuroimaging examination. Results: The patient's neurological and neuroimaging examinations were normal and there was no other cause of extrapyramidal symptoms. The patient showed remission of the aforementioned symptomatology when fluoxetine was discontinued. Conclusions: This case shows that fluoxetine can be associated with extrapyramidal symptoms, and this may have an aggravating affect on clinical depression progress and the emergence of suicidal ideation.
- Subjects
FLUOXETINE; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL disorders; DRUG side effects; MENTAL depression; PARKINSON'S disease; CASE studies
- Publication
Annals of General Psychiatry, 2010, Vol 9, p1
- ISSN
1744-859X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/1744-859X-9-5