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| Year : 2013 | Volume
: 45
| Issue : 5 | Page : 532-533 |
Fluvoxamine induced oculogyric dystonia and manic switch in a patient with obsessive compulsive disorder
Sai Krishna Tikka, Shobit Garg, Basudeb Das
Department of Psychiatry, Central Institute of Psychiatry, Kanke, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
Correspondence Address:
Sai Krishna Tikka
Department of Psychiatry, Central Institute of Psychiatry, Kanke, Ranchi, Jharkhand
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0253-7613.117760
Fluvoxamine has a similar spectrum of adverse effects as compared to other selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. However, fluvoxamine induced oculogyric dystonia is a rare instance in clinical practice. In this report, we present a case of obsessive compulsive disorder that developed oculogyric dystonia during the course of fluvoxamine mono-therapy and subsequently had a manic switch.
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