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Reversible Hemifacial Spasm after Starting Escitalopram
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Reversible Hemifacial Spasm after Starting Escitalopram

Mazen Abdulrahaman Basheikh
Case reports in neurology, Vol.12(1), pp.103-106
01/01/2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1159/000506326
PMCID: PMC7154230
PMID: 32308604

Abstract

Escitalopram Facial nerve Hemifacial spasm Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor Single Case − General Neurology
This is a case of a patient who developed hemifacial spasm after he was started on escitalopram. His symptoms got worse after the dose was increased. The spasm resolved after the medication was stopped gradually. This is an unreported adverse effect of escitalopram or any selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor.
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