Do SSRI Antidepressants Increase The Risk of Extrapyramidal Side Effects In Patients Taking Antipsychotics?

TitleDo SSRI Antidepressants Increase The Risk of Extrapyramidal Side Effects In Patients Taking Antipsychotics?
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2016
AuthorsAllsbrook M, Fries BE, Szafara KL, Regal RE
JournalPharmacy and Therapeutics
Volume41
Issue2
Pagination115-119
Date Published2016-2
ISBN Number1052-1372
Abstract

In a retrospective cohort analysis of data collected at four Michigan state mental health hospitals, the use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors did not appear to potentiate the occurrence of extrapyramidal symptoms in patients on antipsychotics.

Link

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4745639/