Bleeding gums: Duloxetine may be the cause
Balhara YPS, Sagar R, Varghese ST
Department of Psychiatry and National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre, AIIMS, New Delhi- 110 029, India
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Balhara YPS
Department of Psychiatry and National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre, AIIMS, New Delhi- 110 029
India
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Duloxetine is a newly introduced drug. It is being prescribed for the management of diabetic neuropathic pain and major depressive disorder. The most frequently observed adverse events with duloxetine are nausea, dry mouth and somnolence, constipation, diarrhea, decreased appetite, weight loss, feeling of fatigue, dizziness, somnolence, hypohidrosis, decreased libido and erectile dysfunction. One of the patients being prescribed the drug developed bleeding gums on being started with the drug which resolved on stopping it. We hereby report this case.
Keywords: Bleeding gums, depression, duloxetine, serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors
J Postgrad Med 2007;53:44-45. An Open Access Article.
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Duloxetine is a recently introduced drug and is being promoted as an effective antidepressant with significant action on the physical symptoms that commonly accompany depression in the Indian population. It has got additional indications for stress incontinence and fibromyalgia.[1] This case reports highlights an uncommon side-effect of the drug, thereby advising the prescribers to be cautious about the same.
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