title: Escitalopram-Induced Amenorrhea and False Positive Urine Pregnancy Test.
abstract: Escitalopram is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor antidepressant approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder. A 34-year-old female patient with major depressive disorder developed amenorrhea and had a false-positive urine pregnancy test after initiation of escitalopram treatment. To our knowledge, no published case report of amenorrhea and false-positive urine pregnancy tests in women taking escitalopram exists. This case report suggests that women of child-bearing age should be carefully monitored for amenorrhea while they are on an antidepressant treatment regimen.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, USA.; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, USA.
authors.forename: Vithyalakshmi
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Selvaraj
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, USA.
authors.forename: Siv
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hour
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Sciences, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, USA.
authors.forename: Palanikumar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gunasekar
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, USA.
authors.forename: Caron
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gray
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, USA.
authors.forename: James F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Smith
keywords: Amenorrhea; Case Reports; Hyperprolactinemia; Immunologic Pregnancy Tests; Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors