Concomitant use of linezolid and meperidine resulted in serotonin syndrome in a 27-year-old man with acute leukemia.
Does concomitant treatment with linezolid and meperidine cause serotonin syndrome in a patient with acute leukemia?
Concomitant use of linezolid and meperidine can precipitate serotonin syndrome.
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Serotonin syndrome has been reported with administration of linezolid and serotonin reuptake inhibitors. Meperidine blocks the neuronal reuptake of serotonin. Serotonin syndrome after concomitant linezolid and meperidine therapy has not been described. We describe serotonin syndrome after concomitant use of linezolid and meperidine in a 27-year-old man with acute leukemia.
Das et al. (Fri,) reported a other. Concomitant use of linezolid and meperidine resulted in serotonin syndrome in a 27-year-old man with acute leukemia.