Antidepressant withdrawal symptoms treated with anticholinergic agents
- 1 February 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in American Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 140 (2) , 249-251
- https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.140.2.249
Abstract
The authors describe three patients who developed withdrawal symptoms after discontinuation of antidepressants. Their symptoms were successfully treated with atropine. Central cholinergic overdrive is implicated in the genesis of the symptoms.Keywords
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