Pregabalin in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder: A case report

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1160-1161

  Paslakis, Georgios ^a   Gilles, Maria ^a   Deuschle, Michael ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCITALOPRAM; PREGABALIN; QUETIAPINE;

ADULT; APPETITE DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EVENING DOSAGE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NIGHTMARE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SLEEP DISORDER; SUICIDE; WEIGHT GAIN;

AFGHANISTAN; ANTICONVULSANTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANXIETY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RUSSIA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WAR;

EID: 79956054079     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: 18784216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2011.02.005     Document Type: Letter

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