Adolescent Polypharmacy and Serotonin Syndrome
Conclusions
Patients with ADHD often have comorbid psychiatric illness and are treated with multiple psychotropic medications. Given the effects of drug-drug interactions and the serotonergic effects of psychostimulants, clinicians should remain vigilant for the triad of altered mental status, neuromuscular abnormalities, and autonomic hyperactivity seen in serotonin syndrome.
Source: Clinical Neuropharmacology - Category: Neurology Tags: Case Reports Source Type: research
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