How concerned should clinicians be about serotonin syndrome when prescribing a triptan with a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI)? Some patients with migraines are also depressed. Triptans ...

We are seeing more patients who are taking multiple antidepressants of different classes. All drug interaction programs cite drug-drug interactions leading to the potentially severe toxicity known as ...

In the early stages of serotonin syndrome people may experience mild serotonin syndrome, which causes symptoms such as tremors, dizziness, and headache. Serotonin syndrome, or serotonin toxicity, is a ...

Recent research has opened the debate on whether chemical imbalances cause depression, anxiety, and other conditions ...

This post was written with a contribution from Margaret Heaton-Ashby, LMFT. Your nerve cells are constantly in a state of production to create the chemical serotonin, which is made from the essential ...

A woman presented with recent onset of episodic nonpruritic flushing. She denied having any associated symptoms, such as palpitations, wheezing, or diarrhea, or any identifiable triggers, including ...

If you’ve been following the mystery of long Covid since it emerged in 2020, you’ll recall interferons and serotonin have been clues from the start as combatants in the body’s prolonged battles ...