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A 25-year-old woman presents to ED after taking an overdose of her SSRI antidepressant. She is now agitated, sweaty and has a temperature of 38.9 °C, tremor, hyperreflexia and inducible clonus. Blood pressure is 150/90 mmHg, HR 130 bpm. What is the most appropriate first-line specific treatment for suspected serotonin syndrome?

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