FLUOKSETİN VE DÜŞÜK DOZ TRAZODONUN BİRLİKTE KULLANIMIYLA OLASI SEROTONİN SENDROMU DÜŞÜNDÜREN VE NARANJO İLAÇ YAN ETKİSİ OLASILIĞI ÖLÇEĞİ İLE DEĞERLENDİRİLEN BİR OLGU

Year 2023, Volume: 30 Issue: 3, 572 - 577, 23.09.2023

Sare Aydın , Sedat Batmaz , Orhan Sümbül , Esma Akpınar Aslan

https://doi.org/10.17343/sdutfd.1210458

Abstract

Serotonin sendromu serotonerjik ajan kullanımı sonrasında
oluşan serotonin reseptörlerinin aşırı uyarılması
sonucu gelişen nadir görülen fakat mortal seyredebilen
sendromdur. Klinik belirti ve bulgular kognitif,
nöromüsküler ve otonomik alanda görülmektedir. Serotonerjik
etkili bir veya daha fazla ajanın birlikte kullanılması
bu sendroma neden olur. Klinik görünümü hafif
şiddette olup gözden kaçabilen olgular olduğu gibi
hayatı tehdit eden, yoğun bakım ve mekanik ventilasyon
gerektiren şiddette de olabilmektedir. Bu yazıda
fluoksetin tedavisine trazodon eklenmesi ve doz artırılması
sonrasında 24 saat içerisinde gelişen serotonin
sendromu düşündüren bir vaka sunulmuştur.

Keywords

Fluoksetin, Serotonin sendromu, Trazodon

A CASE POSSIBLE SEROTONIN SYNDROME CASE CAUSED BY COMBINED USE OF FLUOXETINE AND LOW DOSE TRAZODONE AND ASSESSED BY THE NARANJO ADVERSE DRUG REACTION PROBABILITY SCALE

Abstract

Serotonin syndrome is a rare but life-threatening
syndrome that develops as a result of excessive
stimulation of serotonin receptors after the use of
serotonergic agents. Clinical signs and symptoms
are seen in the cognitive, neuromuscular and
autonomic areas. Combination of one or more drugs
with serotonergic effect causes this syndrome. While
there are cases with a mild clinical appearance that
can be overlooked, they can also be life-threatening
and require intensive care and mechanical ventilation.
In this article, a case of serotonin syndrome, which
developed within 24 hours after adding trazodone to
fluoxetine treatment and increasing the dose, was
presented.

Keywords

serotonin syndrome, trazodone, fluoxetine

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