The effectiveness of lithium augmentation of milnacipran: Preliminary data using the modified Japanese psychopharmacology algorithm

Japanese Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 279-281

  Kobayashi, Nobuhisa ^a   Sawamura, Takehito ^a   Yoshida, Takeshi ^a   Yoshino, Aihide ^a   Nomura, Soichiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lithium augmentation; Major depressive disorder; Medication algorithm; Milnacipran

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; FLUVOXAMINE; IMIPRAMINE; LITHIUM; MILNACIPRAN; NORADRENALIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; PAROXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DEPRESSION; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY;

ADRENERGIC UPTAKE INHIBITORS; ALGORITHMS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CYCLOPROPANES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DRUG SYNERGISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LITHIUM; MALE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS;

EID: 11144264536     PISSN: 13402544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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