Citalopram Discontinuation More Harmful Than Gradual Dosage Reduction?

Am J Psychiatry. 2017 May 1;174(5):485. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2017.16101158.

Authors

Petrus J C Krijnsen¹, Titus W D P van Os¹, Lex Wunderink¹

Affiliation

¹ From Friesland Mental Health Care Service, Department of Education and Research, Leeuwarden, the Netherlands; the Department of Geriatric Medicine, Medical Center Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, the Netherlands; and the Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.

PMID: 28457157
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2017.16101158

No abstract available

Keywords: Antidepressants; Cardiology; Citalopram; Long QT Syndrome; QT/QTc Prolongation; Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors; Torsades de Pointes.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Citalopram*
Electrocardiography
Humans
Long QT Syndrome
Torsades de Pointes*

Substances

Citalopram