Suicidality and Suicide Attempt in a Young Female on Long-Term Sertraline Treatment

Suicidality and Suicide Attempt in a Young Female on Long-Term Sertraline Treatment

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A 22-year-old woman who was on sertraline 50 mg oral tablets once daily for 2 years for treatment of major depression took 30 such tablets (1500 mg) in a fit of rage, with a suicidal intent.She presented to the Emergency Ladies western shirts Department of a Tertiary Care Hospital with tachycardia, tachypnea, hypertension, tremors, agitation, confusion, vomiting, and hyperthermia.The patient was admitted and treated symptomatically, and sertraline therapy was discontinued.

The unwanted effects subsided within 48 h and she recovered uneventfully within 72 h.This case report describes an unsuccessful attempt of suicide with Changing baskets sertraline overdose in a patient on long-term sertraline therapy and underlines the importance of close monitoring of such patients.