title: Adynamic ileus and diarrhoea: a rare adverse effect of antidepressants.
abstract: Antidepressants can cause a variety of gastrointestinal effects, including nausea, dyspepsia, anorexia, constipation, and, rarely, diarrhoea and adynamic ileus. There is a lack of cases associating antidepressants to adynamic ileus and diarrhoea. We report a case of an elderly woman in whom the use of several antidepressants apparently induced adynamic ileus with diarrhoea.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Medicina Interna, Hospital da Luz, Lisboa, Portugal.
authors.forename: Filipa T
authors.initials: FT
authors.lastname: Carreiro
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Medicina Interna, Hospital da Luz, Lisboa, Portugal.
authors.forename: Susana Carvalho
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Coelho
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Medicina Interna, Hospital da Luz, Lisboa, Portugal.
authors.forename: Alexandra Bayão
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Horta
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Medicina Interna, Hospital da Luz, Lisboa, Portugal.
authors.forename: João
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sá
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003113:Colonoscopy; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000139:chemically induced*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D045823:Ileus / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008795:Metronidazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010288:Parenteral Nutrition / Q000379:methods; D012008:Recurrence; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000928:Antidepressive Agents; D008795:Metronidazole; D014640:Vancomycin