Serotonin syndrome is a preventable, drug-related complication that results from increased brain-stem serotonin activity, usually precipitated by the use of one or more serotonergic drugs.

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Neurotransmitters carry messages between nerve cells in the brain, called neurons. Typically, once a signal is passed between neurons, serotonin is reabsorbed in those cells, a process called ...