Extrapyramidal side effects and suicidal ideation under fluoxetine treatment: a case report

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 neuroim...

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Autores principales: Christodoulou, Christos, Papadopoulou, Athanasia, Rizos, Emmanouil, Tournikioti, Kalliopi, Gonda, Xenia, Douzenis, Athanassios, Lykouras, Lefteris
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Case report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2820028/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20148108
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1744-859X-9-5
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Sumario: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.

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