CASE REPORT
Ecchymosis Related to Paroxetine and Sertraline
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Necmettin Erbakan University Meram Medical Faculty Department of Psychiatry, Konya, Turkey
Publication date: 2015-10-15
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Mine Şahingöz
Necmettin Erbakan University Meram Medical Faculty Department of Psychiatry, Konya, Turkey
Eur J Gen Med 2015;12(4):356-357
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Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are widely used for treating depressive and anxiety disorders. Although SSRIs have a safety profile, some authors have reported that they associated with an increased risk of bleeding events. We report a case of paroxetine- and sertraline-associated ecchymoses in a patient with depression.