Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, December 1st, 2005
We were interested in the review article on serotonin syndrome and its management by Jones and Story in a recent issue of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care1. However we would like to make several additional points.
In addition to the drugs listed by the authors as inducing serotonin syndrome, several other drugs commonly used in anaesthesia may be implicated. Metoclopramide has been associated with serotonin syndrome2. In addition to pethidine and tramadol, dextromethorphan and pentazocine have also caused the syndrome. The serotonin syndrome has been found to result from co-administration of pe...
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