Krijnsen, 2017 Citalopram Discontinuation More Harmful Than Gradual Dosage Reduction?

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Am J Psychiatry. 2017 May 1;174(5):485. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2017.16101158.

Citalopram Discontinuation More Harmful Than Gradual Dosage Reduction?

Krijnsen PJC1, van Os TWDP1, Wunderink L1.

 

Abstract at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28457157

 

KEYWORDS:

Antidepressants; Cardiology; Citalopram; Long QT Syndrome; QT/QTc Prolongation; Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors; Torsades de Pointes

 

Comment in

Clarifying Methods in a Study of Outcomes of Citalopram Dosage Risk Mitigation in a Veteran Population: Response to Krijnsen et al. [Am J Psychiatry. 2017]

 

Comment on

Outcomes of Citalopram Dosage Risk Mitigation in a Veteran Population. [Am J Psychiatry. 2016]

 

 

This is a comment on Rector, 2016  Outcomes of Citalopram Dosage Risk Mitigation in a Veteran Population. (full text)

 

Article requested from Dr. Wunderink.