Serotonin syndrome: pills, thrills and shoulder aches

Hyponatremia and muscle aches.

Adventure Thrills are Addictive

Behavioral addictions may have social as well as endocrine components, and may include antisocial activities such as crime and gambling, relatively neutral activities such as videogames and internet use, and positive addictions such as sport and exercise (Lichtenstein et al., 2014). Here I argue that participants in many forms of adventure recreation also experience particularly powerful behavi...

Linezolid and serotonin syndrome.

The Psychiatric Consultation Service at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) sees medical and surgical inpatients with comorbid psychiatric symptoms and conditions. Such consultations require the integration of medical and psychiatric knowledge. During their twice-weekly rounds, Dr Stern and other members of the Consultation Service discuss the diagnosis and management of conditions confronted....

Serotonin syndrome.

Serotonin syndrome is a potentially serious clinical condition. In this article, the authors put serotonin syndrome into historical context, discuss its pathophysiology, review in detail its clinical presentations, diagnostic criteria, differential diagnosis and treatment. Special attention is given to drugs that most often cause serotonin syndrome, and the gene polymorphisms involved in the me...

Serotonin syndrome.

BMJ | 1 MARCH 2014 | VOLUME 348 33 NSW Poisons Information Centre, Sydney, Australia Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, NSW 2006 Department of Clinical Toxicology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia Correspondence to: N A Buckley [email protected] Cite this as: BMJ 2014;348:g1626 doi: 10.1136/bmj...