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355, Issue 9200 , 22 January 2000, Pages 289-290

doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(99)03514-X
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Research Letters
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome after venlafaxine
Seshagiri Rao Nimmagadda MBBS
,
, a,
David Hugh Ryan MRCPsychb
and Stephen Lawrence Atkin FRCPc
a Acute Psychiatric Assessment
Unit, Millview Court, Castle Hill Hospital, Cottingham, Hull, UK
b Community Mental Health Unit, Beverly, East
Yorkshire, UK
c Hull Royal Infirmary, Anlaby
Road, Hull, UK
Available online 18 February 2000.
Abstract
A patient developed neuroleptic malignant syndrome after a single dose of
venlafaxine with trifluoperazine treatment. A dopamine-inhibition effect induced
by one dose of venlafaxine may have augmented dopamine-receptor inhibition by
trifluoperazine.
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