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Which is the safest antidepressant to use in epilepsy?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Denise Duncan  and
David Taylor
David Taylor
Affiliation:
The Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AZ
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Seizures are a serious adverse effect of many antidepressants: most, if not all, tricyclics (TCAs) lower the seizure threshold, some atypicals (e.g. maprotiline) are known to cause convulsions and seizures have been reported to occur with all selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). Opinions vary on which is the safest antidepressant to use in epilepsy.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 19 , Issue 6 , June 1995 , pp. 355 - 356
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