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Correction of Venlafaxine- and Duloxetine-Induced Transaminase Elevations with Desvenlafaxine in a Patient with Gilbert's Syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 November 2014

S. Shalom Feinberg
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Abstract

Recent reviews have questioned whether the serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI) desvenlafaxine succinate offers any practical clinical advantages over existing SNRIs. The following case is one instance where it appears that this SNRI offers unique safety and benefit. Presented is a case report of a patient with Gilbert's syndrome, longstanding social phobia, and more recent depressive disorder not otherwise specified, who was found to have elevated liver transaminases when prescribed both duloxetine and venlafaxine. The patient subsequently responded to desvenlafaxine but without liver abnormalities. In this patient with Gilbert's Syndrome, desvenlafaxine's lack of metabolism through the cytochrome P450 (CYP) 2D6 pathway may explain the avoidance of these abnormalities and thus suggests a possible therapeutic role for this SNRI in similarly susceptible patients.

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Case Report
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CNS Spectrums , Volume 15 , Issue 1 , January 2010 , pp. 53 - 55
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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