A nationwide prospective study on prescribing pattern of antidepressant drugs in Italian primary care

European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 227-236

  Trifirò, Gianluca ^a   Tillati, Silvia ^b   Spina, Edoardo ^a   Ferrajolo, Carmen ^c   Alacqua, Marianna ^a   Aguglia, Eugenio ^d   Rizzi, Laura ^b   Caputi, Achille P ^a   Cricelli, Claudio ^e   Samani, Fabio ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^e Italian College of General Practitioners   (Italy)

^f Local Health Unit of Trieste   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antidepressives; General practice; Italy; Pharmacoepidemiology

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; AMITRIPTYLINE PLUS PERPHENAZINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; DULOXETINE; ESCITALOPRAM; MIANSERIN; MIRTAZAPINE; NEFAZODONE; PAROXETINE; REBOXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRAZODONE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHIATRIST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873705108     PISSN: 00316970     EISSN: 14321041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00228-012-1319-1     Document Type: Article

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