Mirtazapine Is Effective in Steroid Withdrawal Syndrome Related Depression: A Case Report

Steroid withdrawal syndrome (SWS) following steroid dependence is becoming a common clinical condition. It may be associated with body image disorder. Though selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are found to be effective SWS associated depression, data for this clinical condition is limit...

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Autores principales: Khanra, Sourav, Das, Sourav
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean College of Neuropsychopharmacology 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5290723/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28138116
http://dx.doi.org/10.9758/cpn.2017.15.1.73
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description Steroid withdrawal syndrome (SWS) following steroid dependence is becoming a common clinical condition. It may be associated with body image disorder. Though selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are found to be effective SWS associated depression, data for this clinical condition is limited. We present a case of SWS associated with body image disorder which improved with mirtazapine. Mirtazapine might be better option than SSRIs in this subgroup of patients for its noradrenergic property and better gastrointestinal profile. More research should explore its efficacy in this clinical condition.
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spelling pubmed-52907232017-02-06 Mirtazapine Is Effective in Steroid Withdrawal Syndrome Related Depression: A Case Report Khanra, Sourav Das, Sourav Clin Psychopharmacol Neurosci Case Report Steroid withdrawal syndrome (SWS) following steroid dependence is becoming a common clinical condition. It may be associated with body image disorder. Though selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are found to be effective SWS associated depression, data for this clinical condition is limited. We present a case of SWS associated with body image disorder which improved with mirtazapine. Mirtazapine might be better option than SSRIs in this subgroup of patients for its noradrenergic property and better gastrointestinal profile. More research should explore its efficacy in this clinical condition. Korean College of Neuropsychopharmacology 2017-02 2017-02-28 /pmc/articles/PMC5290723/ /pubmed/28138116 http://dx.doi.org/10.9758/cpn.2017.15.1.73 Text en Copyright © 2017, Korean College of Neuropsychopharmacology This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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