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Serotonin reuptake inhibitor induced sensory disturbances.

Praharaj SK

Department of Psychiatry, Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi 110-001, India. samirpsyche@yahoo.co.in

Serotonin reuptake inhibitor induced sensory disturbances are reported rarely in the literature. This case report describes numbness and dysmorphic symptoms in the upper facial area associated with fluoxetine. There is no previous report of such an adverse reaction with any serotonin reuptake inhibitor in the literature and this report is intended to draw attention towards these unusual adverse effects.

Published 25 November 2004 in Br J Clin Pharmacol, 58(6): 673-4.
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