Serotonin syndrome is a potential symptom of any number of life-threatening drug interaction which may follow therapeutic drug use, combination, overdose of particular drugs, or the recreational use of certain drugs. Serotonin syndrome is not an idiopathic drug reaction; it is a predictable consequence of excess serotonin on the CNS and/or periphe...
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a complex of symptoms caused by hyperserotonemia, usually owing to a person's taking selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors along with some other drug that increases serotonin levels. Symptoms are variable but may include mental status changes, hyperactivity of the autonomic nervous system, and irregular muscular movements; severe c...
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. an aggregation of symptoms resulting from elevated levels of serotonin, usually due to ingestion of two or more drugs (MAOIs, SSRIs) that interfere with serotonin metabolism at different points. Symptoms occur on a spectrum and may include agitation, confusion, diaphoresis, diarrhea, fever, shivering, tremor, myoclonus, r...
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