Electrocardiographic alterations as a result of acute intoxication with fluvoxamine and pipamperone.

The cardiologic effects of psychotropic drugs (especially antidepressants and antipsychotics) are well known and debated both when prescribing them to psychiatric patients and when used by patients themselves in suicide attempts. We review the litearture concerning electrocardiographic alterations secondary to the use of psychotropic drugs and describe a case of intoxication (overdose during an attempted suicide) by a patient receiving fluvoxamine and pipamperone