TY  - JOUR
T1  - A surfeit of serotonin: Sumatriptan and serotonergic antidepressants
AU  - Schwartz CE
Y1  - 1999/05/24
N1  - 
JO  - Archives of Internal Medicine
SP  - 1141
EP  - 1141
VL  - 159
IS  - 10
N2  - 
The article by Knudsen et al1 presents their astute clinical observation of a series of 8 cases of ischemic colitis in patients being treated with sumatriptan succinate. This is a heretofore unreported association and represents a potentially critical side effect involving extracranial vasoconstriction. In speculating about the cause, the authors discuss the possibility of drug-drug interactions, noting that 7 of the 8 patients in their series were taking other concurrent medication(s) in addition to the sumatriptan.

SN  - 0003-9926
M3  - doi: 
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ER  -