Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-15-2017
Abstract
This report presents the case of a 78-year-old man residing in a nursing home who presented with a 2-month history of increasing lethargy and confusion. These symptoms coincided with the initiation of sertraline in the patient. Among other medications, he was also taking phenytoin. The medical team concluded that the cause of the patient’s lethargy and confusion was a drug interaction between sertraline and phenytoin. Phenytoin was held, while the sertraline was slowly tapered to discontinuation. The patient’s symptoms resolved soon thereafter. Future research is needed to better guide clinicians in appropriate selection, dosing, and monitoring of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors with concomitant phenytoin use.
Key words: phenytoin, sertraline, SSRIs, drug interaction
DOI
10.25270/altc.2017.10.e00001
Publication Information
Nathan, Kobi T.; Hopkins, Heather A.; DiLoreto, Stefanie E.; Ta, Nhon A.; and Caprio, Thomas V. (2017). "Sertraline and Phenytoin Drug Interaction in a Geriatric Patient." Annals of Long-Term Care 25.5, 46-48.
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Comments
© 2017, HMP. All rights reserved. Ann Longterm Care. 2017;25(5):46-48. doi:10.25270/altc.2017.10.e00001
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