Are SSRIs better than TCAs? Comparison of SSRIs and TCAs: A meta- analysis

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 10-18

  Steffens, David C ^a   Krishnan, K Ranga R ^a   Helms, Michael J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Meta analysis; Serotonin reuptake inhibitors; Tricyclic antidepressants

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; CLOMIPRAMINE; DESIPRAMINE; DOXEPIN; FLUOXETINE; IMIPRAMINE; NORTRIPTYLINE; PAROXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPEPSIA; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMNOLENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTIGO; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 0031431373     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6394(1997)6:1<10::AID-DA2>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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