Case series identifies hyponatremia and rare neurological side effects linked to escitalopram, suggesting important considerations for potential psychiatric disorders.
Escitalopram is a Selective Serotonin Receptor Inhibitor (SSRI) prescribed for the management of anxiety, major depressive disorders, agitation, and dementia. Hyponatremia is a familiar side effect of SSRIs; however, there are only a few pieces of literature that give evidence of escitalopram-induced hyponatremia and hyponatremic encephalopathy. SSRIs are also known to cause rare neurological side effects, such as extrapyramidal symptoms like tremulousness, Parkinsonism, which often go unlisted. SSRIs also shows an example of drug-induced psychiatric disorders such as visual hallucinations.
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