title: Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors: infrequent medical adverse effects.
abstract: The selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors have a very favorable safety profile. However, because of the wide use of this drug group, even low-frequency adverse effects become more prevalent. This article reviews 5 of these relatively infrequent adverse medical effects associated with the use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors: the syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion, extrapyramidal effects, bleeding complications, cardiac arrhythmias, and the serotonin syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital, Providence 02903, USA.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Goldberg
mesh_terms: D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000139:chemically induced; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000139:chemically induced; D006801:Humans; D007177:Inappropriate ADH Syndrome / Q000139:chemically induced; D012701:Serotonin / Q000502:physiology; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced; D013577:Syndrome
chemical_list: D012701:Serotonin; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors