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KMID : 1100920170380010040
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Korean Journal of Family Medicine
2017 Volume.38 No. 1 p.40 ~ p.42
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Escitalopram-Induced Amenorrhea and False Positive Urine Pregnancy Test
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Selvaraj Vithyalakshmi
Hour Siv
Gunasekar Palanikumar
Gray Caron
Smith James F.
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Abstract
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Escitalopram is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor antidepressant approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder. A 34-year-old female patient with major depressive disorder developed amenorrhea and had a false-positive urine pregnancy test after initiation of escitalopram treatment. To our knowledge, no published case report of amenorrhea and false-positive urine pregnancy tests in women taking escitalopram exists. This case report suggests that women of child-bearing age should be carefully monitored for amenorrhea while they are on an antidepressant treatment regimen.
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KEYWORD
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Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors, Hyperprolactinemia, Amenorrhea, Immunologic Pregnancy Tests, Case Reports
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