Acute voluntary intoxication with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors during the third trimester of pregnancy: therapeutic management of mother and fetus

Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2008 Nov;199(5):e9-e12. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2008.07.024.

Abstract

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressants are preferred to tricyclics, because, for the same efficacy, they are better tolerated. The mechanisms of action are well understood. These drugs may be used during pregnancy. We present here the case of a voluntary intoxication with SSRI in the third trimester of pregnancy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones
  • Adult
  • Antidotes / therapeutic use
  • Calcium Channel Blockers / therapeutic use
  • Charcoal / therapeutic use
  • Citalopram / poisoning*
  • Depression
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Nicardipine / therapeutic use
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications / drug therapy*
  • Pregnancy Outcome
  • Pregnancy Trimester, Third
  • Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / poisoning*
  • Suicide, Attempted*

Substances

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones
  • Antidotes
  • Calcium Channel Blockers
  • Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors
  • Citalopram
  • Charcoal
  • Nicardipine