Hypnic jerks possibly induced by escitalopram

Hypnic jerks or sleep starts are benign myoclonic jerks that usually occur on falling asleep. Various factors like excessive caffeine intake, physical, and emotional stress can increase their frequency. Here we report a case of a female who suffered from hypnic jerks with use of selective serotonin...

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Autores principales: Sathe, Harshal, Karia, Sagar, Desousa, Avinash, Shah, Nilesh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4481805/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26167034
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-3147.158797
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description Hypnic jerks or sleep starts are benign myoclonic jerks that usually occur on falling asleep. Various factors like excessive caffeine intake, physical, and emotional stress can increase their frequency. Here we report a case of a female who suffered from hypnic jerks with use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor drug escitalopram and responding to treatment with clonazepam.
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spelling pubmed-44818052015-07-12 Hypnic jerks possibly induced by escitalopram Sathe, Harshal Karia, Sagar Desousa, Avinash Shah, Nilesh J Neurosci Rural Pract Case Report Hypnic jerks or sleep starts are benign myoclonic jerks that usually occur on falling asleep. Various factors like excessive caffeine intake, physical, and emotional stress can increase their frequency. Here we report a case of a female who suffered from hypnic jerks with use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor drug escitalopram and responding to treatment with clonazepam. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4481805/ /pubmed/26167034 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-3147.158797 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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