Treating depression in the elderly: An update on antidepressants

Geriatric Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 138-142

  Buffum, Marti D ^a   Buffum, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CITALOPRAM; CLOMIPRAMINE; CLOZAPINE; DESIPRAMINE; DIGOXIN; DOXEPIN; DULOXETINE; ESCITALOPRAM; FLUOXETINE; FLUVOXAMINE; HALOPERIDOL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; IMIPRAMINE; LITHIUM SALT; MAPROTILINE; MIRTAZAPINE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; NEFAZODONE; NORTRIPTYLINE; PAROXETINE; PROTRIPTYLINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; TRAZODONE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VENLAFAXINE;

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DROWSINESS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG COMPETITION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG METABOLISM; ELDERLY CARE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; LIVER TOXICITY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSE; NEUROTOXICITY; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PRESCRIPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEIZURE; SEROTONIN SYNDROME; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SIDE EFFECT; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG MONITORING; GERIATRIC NURSING; GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20944450478     PISSN: 01974572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2005.03.011     Document Type: Article

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