Extrapyramidal side effects and suicidal ideation under fluoxetine treatment: a case report

We present the case of a 52-year-old woman with depression who developed extrapyramidal symptoms (mainly parkinsonism) and suicidal ideation while on fluoxetine.

Methods: The patient underwent neurological and neuroimaging examination.

Results: The patient's neurological and neuroimaging examinations were normal and there was no other cause of extrapyramidal symptoms. The patient showed remission of the aforementioned symptomatology when fluoxetine was discontinued.

Conclusions: This case shows that fluoxetine can be associated with extrapyramidal symptoms, and this may have an aggravating affect on clinical depression progress and the emergence of suicidal ideation.

Author: Christos ChristodoulouAthanasia PapadopoulouEmmanouil RizosKalliopi TournikiotiXenia GondaAthanassios DouzenisLefteris Lykouras
Credits/Source: Annals of General Psychiatry 2010, 9:5

Published on: 2010-01-18

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