Interaction alerts often pop up about possible serotonin syndrome when patients get more than one serotonergic drug

October 2009

See the FDA's July 2011 warnings about the use of Zyvox (linezolid) and methylene blue with serotonergic drugs

Interaction alerts often pop up about possible serotonin syndrome when patients get more than one serotonergic drug.

These alerts come up with most antidepressants (SSRIs, SNRIs, TCAs, MAOIs, etc)...triptans (sumatriptan, etc)...tramadol... meperidine... dextromethorphan... linezolid (Zyvox)...and others.

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