Resolution of Ecchymotic Lesions due to Fluoxetine and Escitalopram after Introduction of Reboxetine

Year 2015, , 90 - 93, 09.10.2015

Sibel Koçbıyık Sedat Batmaz , Levent Turhan Özgür Yüncü Ali Çayköylü

https://doi.org/10.17826/cutf.95451

Abstract

Antidepressants, frequently prescribed in depression and anxiety disorders, are known to be risk factors for an increase in bleeding. Yet, unfavourable effects of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitör (SSRI) treatment on hemostasis have rarely been reported. The most frequently reported side effects of SSRIs on the hematologic system are prolonged bleeding time, impaired thrombocyte aggregation and activity. Here we present a case in whom ecchymotic lesions occurred with esscitalopram and fluoxetine and resolved with reboxetine.

Keywords

SSRI, ecchymotic lesion, bleeding

Fluoksetin ve Essitalopram Tedavisi Sonrası Gelişen Ekimotik Lezyonların Reboksetin Tedavisi ile Düzelmesi

Abstract

Depresyon ve anksiyete bozukluklarında sıklıkla reçete edilen antidepresanların kanama riskini artırdığı bilinmektedir. Yine de seçici serotonin geri alım engelleyicisi (SSGE) tedavisinin hemostaz üzerine olan istenmeyen etkileri nadiren araştırılmıştır. SSGE’lerin hematolojik sistem üzerindeki en sık yan etkileri kanama zamanında uzama, trombosit agregasyonu ve aktivitesinde bozulmadır. Bu yazıda essitalopram ve fluoksetin ile ekimotik lezyonlar ortaya çıkıp reboksetin ile gerileyen bir olgu sunulacaktır

Keywords

SSGİ, ekimotik lezyon, kanama

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