Does pain improve earlier than mood in depressed patients with painful physical symptoms treated with duloxetine?

Pharmacopsychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 114-118

  Hegerl, U ^a   Mergl, R ^a   Quail, D ^b   Schneider, E ^c   Hundemer, H P ^c   Linden, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^c LILLY DEUTSCHLAND GMBH   (Germany)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

antidepressants; depression; pain syndromes

Indexed keywords

DULOXETINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD CHANGE; MOOD DISORDER; MULTICENTER STUDY; NATURALISTIC INQUIRY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CHRONIC PAIN; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; THIOPHENES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84861235496     PISSN: 01763679     EISSN: 14390795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1291295     Document Type: Article

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