Antidepressant Discontinuation Syndromes
@article{Haddad2001AntidepressantDS, title={Antidepressant Discontinuation Syndromes}, author={Peter M. Haddad}, journal={Drug Safety}, year={2001}, volume={24}, pages={183-197} }
Discontinuation symptoms are recognised with tricyclic antidepressants, monoamine oxidase inhibitors, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and miscellaneous antidepressants. A wide variety of symptoms have been described, differing somewhat between antidepressant classes, and several symptom clusters or discontinuation syndromes appear to exist. A common feature is onset within a few days of stopping the antidepressant or, less commonly, reducing the dosage. Discontinuation syndromes…
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OBJECTIVE
To demonstrate that when antidepressants are switched, discontinuation symptoms from the first antidepressant may be misdiagnosed as adverse effects of the second antidepressant.
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