In a multicenter retrospective review evaluating seizure risk with escitalopram and citalopram, which agent was associated with increased risk of seizures?
Citalopram
Yilmaz Z, Ceschi A, Rauber-Lüthy C, Sauer O, Stedtler U, Prasa D, Seidel C, Hackl E, Hoffmann-Walbeck P, Gerber-Zupan G, Bauer K, Kupferschmidt H, Kullak-Ublick GA, Wilks M. Escitalopram causes fewer seizures in human overdose than citalopram. Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2010 Mar;48(3):207-12. doi: 10.3109/15563650903585937. PMID: 20170390
Contributed by: Florida/USVI Poison Information Center-Jacksonville Toxicology Fellowship
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