Novel combination strategy to optimize treatment for PTSD

Human Psychopharmacology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 4-11

  Shad, Mujeeb U ^a,b   Suris, Alina M ^a,b   North, Carol S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Veterans Affairs North Texas Health Care System   (United States)

Author keywords

Combination; Novel; PTSD; Treatment

Indexed keywords

METYRAPONE; PLACEBO; PRAZOSIN; PROPRANOLOL;

ADD ON THERAPY; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; BEDTIME DOSAGE; BEHAVIOR; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; GUIDED IMAGERY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; INSOMNIA; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NIGHTMARE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WAKEFULNESS;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; COMBAT DISORDERS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; PRAZOSIN; PROPRANOLOL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 79953239432     PISSN: 08856222     EISSN: 10991077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hup.1171     Document Type: Review

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