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Fluvoxamine-tricyclic antidepressant interaction

An accidental finding

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  1. Service de Psychiatrie, France

    G. Bertschy, G. Allers & R. Volmat

  2. Laboratoire de Pharmacologie Clinique CHU, Besancon, France

    S. Vandel

  3. Laboratoire de Pharmacologie Clinique CHU, Poitiers, France

    B. Vandel

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Bertschy, G., Vandel, S., Vandel, B. et al. Fluvoxamine-tricyclic antidepressant interaction. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 40, 119–120 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00315151

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