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Antidepressant-induced acute colonic (pseudo) obstruction (Ogilvie syndrome)
Patients on antidepressant drugs commonly complain of dryness of the mouth, tremors, blurring of vision and constipation, which are attributed to the anticholinergic action of the drugs. We report two cases of gastrointestinal complications (pseudo-intestinal obstruction), which are considered rare...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2918323/ http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5545.46080 |
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author | Ghorpade, V.A.P. |
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description | Patients on antidepressant drugs commonly complain of dryness of the mouth, tremors, blurring of vision and constipation, which are attributed to the anticholinergic action of the drugs. We report two cases of gastrointestinal complications (pseudo-intestinal obstruction), which are considered rare according to a review of the literature. This condition is also known as Ogilvie syndrome. |
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spelling | pubmed-29183232010-08-13 Antidepressant-induced acute colonic (pseudo) obstruction (Ogilvie syndrome) Ghorpade, V.A.P. Indian J Psychiatry Case Report Patients on antidepressant drugs commonly complain of dryness of the mouth, tremors, blurring of vision and constipation, which are attributed to the anticholinergic action of the drugs. We report two cases of gastrointestinal complications (pseudo-intestinal obstruction), which are considered rare according to a review of the literature. This condition is also known as Ogilvie syndrome. Medknow Publications 2005 /pmc/articles/PMC2918323/ http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5545.46080 Text en © Indian Journal of Psychiatry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Ghorpade, V.A.P. Antidepressant-induced acute colonic (pseudo) obstruction (Ogilvie syndrome) |
title | Antidepressant-induced acute colonic (pseudo) obstruction (Ogilvie syndrome) |
title_full | Antidepressant-induced acute colonic (pseudo) obstruction (Ogilvie syndrome) |
title_fullStr | Antidepressant-induced acute colonic (pseudo) obstruction (Ogilvie syndrome) |
title_full_unstemmed | Antidepressant-induced acute colonic (pseudo) obstruction (Ogilvie syndrome) |
title_short | Antidepressant-induced acute colonic (pseudo) obstruction (Ogilvie syndrome) |
title_sort | antidepressant-induced acute colonic (pseudo) obstruction (ogilvie syndrome) |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2918323/ http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5545.46080 |
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