Escitalopram-induced Extrapyramidal Symptoms – A Case Series

Author:

Halder Ankit1,Ravindran Navna Panchami2,Sharma Shruti3,Chougule Kaveri4

Affiliation:

1. Department of Psychiatry, Santiniketan Medical College, Bolpur, West Bengal, India

2. Consultant Psychiatrist, Kochi, Kerala, India

3. Department of Psychiatry, Sharda School of Medical Sciences and Research, Sharda Hospital, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

4. Consultant Psychiatrist, Private Practitioner, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India

Abstract

Abstract Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) are frequently used for a variety of clinical conditions due to their relatively safe side-effect profile; escitalopram being the most common of them. Extra Pyramidal Symptoms are are rarely reported with such agents. Here we present a series of cases where escitalopram was the culprit behind the same.

Publisher

Medknow

Subject

General Earth and Planetary Sciences,General Environmental Science

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