Early reduction in painful physical symptoms is associated with improvements in long-term depression outcomes in patients treated with duloxetine

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Schneider, Edith ^a   Linden, Michael ^b   Weigmann, Harald ^c   Wagner, Thomas ^a   Quail, Deborah ^d   Hundemer, Hans Peter ^a   Hegerl, Ulrich ^e  

^a LILLY DEUTSCHLAND GMBH   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

^d ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Depression; Duloxetine; Non Interventional Study; Painful Physical Symptoms

Indexed keywords

DULOXETINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE;

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE DISORDER; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TISSUE DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; HOSPITALIZATION; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THIOPHENES;

EID: 80053172582     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-11-150     Document Type: Article

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