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SUBMITTER: Dosi R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4069678 | biostudies-other | 2014 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Dosi Rupal R Ambaliya Annirudh A Joshi Harshal H Patell Rushad R
BMJ case reports 20140623
Serotonin syndrome and neuroleptic malignant syndrome are two drug toxidromes that have often overlapping and confusing clinical pictures. We report a case of a young man who presented with alteration of mental status, autonomic instability and neuromuscular hyperexcitability following ingestion of multiple psychiatric and antiepileptic medications. The patient satisfied criteria for serotonin syndrome and neuroleptic malignant syndrome, and based on the characteristic clinical features, laborat ...[more]