Acute paroxysmal dystonia induced by fluoxetine.
We report a case of a 32-year-old woman who developed paroxysmal episodes of right hemidystonia 2 days after taking fluoxetine. The attacks subsided 2 days after fluoxetine was withdrawn and did not recur afterwards. To our knowledge, this is the first report of paroxysmal dystonia induced by fluoxetine.
Domínguez-Morán
J A
JA
Department of Neurology, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain. jadominguez@wanadoos.es
Callejo
J M
JM
Fernández-Ruiz
L C
LC
Martínez-Castrillo
J C
JC
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D003863:Depression / Q000188:drug therapy; D004421:Dystonia / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D005473:Fluoxetine / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans
D005473:Fluoxetine