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Two cases of hallucination in elderly patients due to a probable interaction between flu immunization and tramadol

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The financial support by Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco (AIFA) and Regione Lombardia (ViGer Project, Vigilanza in Geriatria) is gratefully acknowledged.

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  1. Unit of Clinical Pharmacology, CNR Institute of Neuroscience, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University Hospital “Luigi Sacco”, Università di Milano, Via GB Grassi 74, 20157, Milan, Italy

    Paolo Pellegrino, Carla Carnovale, Valentina Perrone, Stefania Antoniazzi, Emilio Clementi & Sonia Radice

  2. Pharmaceutical Service, Territorial Health Service of Mantua, Mantua, Italy

    Cecilia Borsadoli & Alessia Speziali

  3. Territorial Health Service of Mantua, Mantua, Italy

    Tiziana Danini

  4. Scientific Institute, IRCCS Eugenio Medea, 23842, Bosisio Parini, Lecco, Italy

    Marco Pozzi & Emilio Clementi

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Paolo Pellegrino and Carla Carnovale contributed equally to the work.

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Pellegrino, P., Carnovale, C., Borsadoli, C. et al. Two cases of hallucination in elderly patients due to a probable interaction between flu immunization and tramadol. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 69, 1615–1616 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00228-013-1517-5

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