Prescription and indication trends of antidepressant drugs in the Netherlands between 1996 and 2012: A dynamic population-based study

European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 369-375

  Noordam, Raymond ^a   Aarts, Nikkie ^a   Verhamme, Katia M ^a   Sturkenboom, Miriam C M ^a   Stricker, Bruno H ^a,b   Visser, Loes E ^a,c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Inspectorate of Health Care   (Netherlands)

^c Apotheek Haagse Ziekenhuizen   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antidepressive agents; Incidence; Population surveillance; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; NORTRIPTYLINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; TREATMENT INDICATION; YOUNG ADULT; AGE; ANXIETY; DRUG DATABASE; DRUG UTILIZATION; NEURALGIA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANXIETY; CHILD; DATABASES, PHARMACEUTICAL; DEPRESSION; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NEURALGIA; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925483330     PISSN: 00316970     EISSN: 14321041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00228-014-1803-x     Document Type: Review

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