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Mianserin: A Possible Cause of Neutropenia and Agranulocytosis
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1980.tb131972.x
Subject(s) - mianserin , neutropenia , medicine , drug , drug reaction , adverse effect , antidepressant , adverse drug reaction , intensive care medicine , pharmacology , toxicity , hippocampus
Four episodes of neutropenia or agranulocytosis possibly caused by the tetracyclic antidepressant drug, mianserin hydrochloride, were reported to the Australian Adverse Drug Reactions Advisory Committee during the first year of the drug's general availability in Australia. A small number of reports from other countries support the possibility of this association. Further surveillance to assess this potentially serious adverse effect is needed.