Efficacy and safety of antidepressant augmentation with lamotrigine in patients with treatment-resistant depression: A randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind study

Primary Care Companion to the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 187-190

  Santos, Milena Antunes ^a,d   Rocha, Fábio Lopes ^b   Hara, Cláudia ^b,c  

^a Mental Health Service   (Brazil)

^b Institute of Social Security   (Brazil)

^c Faculdade de Saúde e Ecologia Humana FASEH   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; LAMOTRIGINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCENTRATION LOSS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEMORY DISORDER; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; NAUSEA; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WEAKNESS; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 45849109900     PISSN: 15235998     EISSN: 1555211X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/pcc.v10n0302     Document Type: Article

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