Seretonin syndrome Flashcards

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task

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432

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symptoms serotonin syndrome

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-sweating, shivering, treomor
-fever
-diarrhoea
-treomor
-increased bp
-increased tone, hyperreflexia

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hx

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-tell me a little more about your symptoms and how it all started
-psychi questions
-ask LMP

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pe

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-tremors, sweating
vitals bp
temprature
tone and reflexes

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mx

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stop zoloft>wait until symptoms resolve
-prozac long half life>wait until one week>start lower dose prozac
alternative start fluoxetin
follow up emergency next day or GP
contact after hours service if symptoms worsen

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