Seretonin syndrome Flashcards
1
Q
task
A
432
2
Q
symptoms serotonin syndrome
A
-sweating, shivering, treomor
-fever
-diarrhoea
-treomor
-increased bp
-increased tone, hyperreflexia
3
Q
hx
A
-tell me a little more about your symptoms and how it all started
-psychi questions
-ask LMP
4
Q
pe
A
-tremors, sweating
vitals bp
temprature
tone and reflexes
5
Q
mx
A
stop zoloft>wait until symptoms resolve
-prozac long half life>wait until one week>start lower dose prozac
alternative start fluoxetin
follow up emergency next day or GP
contact after hours service if symptoms worsen