Psychiatric medications for the treatment of pruritus

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 970-978

  Shaw, Richard J ^a   Dayal, Shaili ^a   Good, Julie ^a   Bruckner, Anna L ^a   Joshi, Shashank V ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Pruritus; Psychocutaneous; Psychopharmacology; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIPRURITIC AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CALAMINE; CAMPHOR; CAPSAICIN; COLESTYRAMINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; CROTAMITON; CYCLOSPORIN; CYPROHEPTADINE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DOXEPIN; EBASTINE; FEXOFENADINE; HYDROXYZINE; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; MACROLIDE; MENTHOL; NALMEFENE; NALOXONE; NALTREXONE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OPIATE ANTAGONIST; PETROLATUM; PLACEBO; PRAMOCAINE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ALGORITHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DERMATOLOGY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; MEDIATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHOCUTANEOUS DISEASE; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; SYSTEMIC DISEASE;

ALGORITHMS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; PRURITUS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36348931606     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3181572799     Document Type: Conference Paper

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