Are antidepressants effective in fibromyalgia?

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 531-533

  Thomas, Eric ^a   Blotman, Francis ^a  

^a LAPEYRONIE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Fibromyalgia; Pain; Serotonin; Tricyclic antidepressants

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CITALOPRAM; FLUOXETINE; IMIPRAMINE; MOCLOBEMIDE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; MEDLINE; SHORT SURVEY; SIDE EFFECT; SOCIAL DISABILITY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036923007     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1297-319X(02)00447-5     Document Type: Editorial

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