Case Study: Adverse effects of smoking marijuana while receiving tricyclic antidepressants

Timothy E. Wilens; Joseph Biederman; Thomas J. Spencer

doi:10.1097/00004583-199701000-00016

Case Study: Adverse effects of smoking marijuana while receiving tricyclic antidepressants

Timothy E. Wilens
, Joseph Biederman
, Thomas J. Spencer

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Abstract

Increasingly, children and adolescents are being treated for underlying psychopathology commonly associated with the psychoactive substance use disorders. Despite this apparent increase in using medication, little is known about the interaction of drugs of abuse with the psychotropic medications. The authors describe four cases of male adolescents aged 15 to 18 years being treated with a tricyclic antidepressant for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder who manifested transient cognitive changes, delirium, and tachycardia after smoking marijuana.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	45-48
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume	36
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/00004583-199701000-00016
State	Published - Jan 1997
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

adverse effects
marijuana
pediatric
tricyclic antidepressant

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