Sertraline, escitalopram and tianeptine related abnormal movements but not with bupropion: a case report

Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 2006 Sep 30;30(7):1337-9. doi: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2006.03.002. Epub 2006 Apr 4.

Abstract

It is not scarce that patients experience various extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS) during antidepressant drug therapy. Thus, choice of an antidepressant drug in case of extrapyramidal side effects, at present, is a dilemma. Escitalopram, which is a recently marketed selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI), has no such reputation. There is just one case reported for tianeptine that induced abnormal involuntary movements/extrapyramidal side effects. We would like to present a case that was successfully managed with bupropion which had developed EPS during 2 different SSRI (sertraline and escitalopram) and tianeptine therapy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bupropion / adverse effects*
  • Citalopram / adverse effects*
  • Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors / adverse effects*
  • Dyskinesias / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mental Disorders / drug therapy
  • Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / adverse effects*
  • Sertraline / adverse effects*

Substances

  • Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors
  • Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors
  • Bupropion
  • Citalopram
  • Sertraline