Rescue pharmacotherapy with duloxetine for selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor nonresponders in late-life depression: Outcome and tolerability

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 457-463

  Karp, Jordan F ^a   Whyte, Ellen M ^a,b   Lenze, Eric J ^a   Dew, Mary A ^a   Begley, Amy ^a   Miller, Mark D ^a   Reynolds III, Charles F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BT 766   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DULOXETINE; ESCITALOPRAM; LORAZEPAM; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

AGED; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOATING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NAUSEA; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SWEATING; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 42249099805     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.v69n0317     Document Type: Article

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