Symptomatic liver injury probably related to
sertraline*.
The hepatotoxicity of
antidepressants is welldocumented, especially in
the case of tricyclic antidepressants and
monoamineoxidase inhibitors (1). Newer
antidepressants that inhibit serotonin reuptakeare
thought to have little hepatotoxicity (1). We
report a case of liverinjury related to the intake
of sertraline.
In November 1996, a
44-year-old woman presentedwith
jaundice. Her past history included three
uneventfulpregnancies and the discovery of
hypothyroidism ascribed to a goiter in1993. At
that time, liver enzymes were normal. The patient
was treated withlevothyroxin 100 mg/day. She
had also been using oral
contraceptives(ethynil...
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