Serotonin Syndrome with Severe Hyperthermia after Ingestion Of Tranylcypromine Combined with Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors and Tyramine-Rich Food in a Case of Suicide

D. Degner; J. Porzig; E. Rüther; D. von Lewinski

doi:10.1055/s-0030-1263176

Pharmacopsychiatry, Table of Contents

Pharmacopsychiatry 2010; 43(7): 284-285
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1263176

Letter

Serotonin Syndrome with Severe Hyperthermia after Ingestion Of Tranylcypromine Combined with Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors and Tyramine-Rich Food in a Case of Suicide

D. Degner¹ , J. Porzig¹ , E. Rüther¹ , D. von Lewinski²

¹Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
²Department of Clinical Cardiology, University of Graz, Graz, Austria

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