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Serotonin syndrome

also: Serotonin toxicity

Excess serotonergic activity from drug combinations.

Specialty
Psychiatry
Subspecialty
Psychiatry / Drug-induced syndromes
Sex & age distribution
Male: affected; Female: affected; Children: yes, after overdose
Gene(s) involved
CYP2D6
Alternative names & eponyms
Serotonin toxicity

Etiology & mechanism

Overstimulation of 5-HT1A and 5-HT2A receptors.

Gene(s) involved (1)

Symptoms & signs (8)

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