Trazodone addition for insomnia in venlafaxine-treated, depressed inpatients: A semi-naturalistic study

Pharmacological Research

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 79-84

  Bertschy, Gilles ^a,c   Ragama Pardos, Emna ^a   Muscionico, Michel ^a   Aït Ameur, Abderrafi ^b   Roth, Loraine ^a   Osiek, Christian ^a   Ferrero, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b France   (France)

^c Service de Psychiatrie Adulte   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Sleep; Trazodone; Venlafaxine

Indexed keywords

CLORAZEPATE; TRAZODONE; VENLAFAXINE; ZOPICLONE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TENSION;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CYCLOHEXANOLS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRAZODONE;

EID: 7044251991     PISSN: 10436618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2004.06.007     Document Type: Article

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