Menometrorrhagia Due to Sertraline Treatment A Case Report

• Main Author: Sevda Bağ
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Galenos Yayinevi 2020-11-01
• Series: İstanbul Medical Journal
• Subjects: menometrorrhagia; depression; sertraline
• Online Access: http://istanbulmedicaljournal.org/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/menometrorrhagia-due-to-sertraline-treatment-a-cas/41891

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors are antidepressant drugs commonly used in psychiatric diseases. The most common side effects of sertraline are diarrhea, constipation, sexual side effects, fatigue, dizziness, nausea, but sertralinerelated bleeding disorder is a less common side effect. In our case, we aimed to present a case where we started sertraline, as a result of the diagnosis of depression and ıt seems abnormal bleeding other than menstrual time after the drug dose was increased called as menometrorrhagia and after the cessation of sertraline bleeding is ended.