Tricyclic antidepressant-induced acute urine retention in a young woman with postpartum depression--case report.
A rare case of acute urinary retention in a young woman due to simultaneous use of a tricyclic antidepressant and anticholinergic drugs is presented along with the data from the current literature, including the pharmacological action of these drugs, mainly focused on urological patients.
Stamatiou
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Department of Urology, Tzaneion General Hospital, Piraeus, Greece.
Alevizos
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Petrakos
G
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Lentzas
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Mariolis
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Panagopoulos
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D000328:Adult; D000929:Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic / Q000009:adverse effects*; D018680:Cholinergic Antagonists / Q000009:adverse effects*; D019052:Depression, Postpartum / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004347:Drug Interactions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016055:Urinary Retention / Q000139:chemically induced*
D000929:Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic; D018680:Cholinergic Antagonists