Citalopram in refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder: an open study

被引：23

作者：

Marazziti, D ^{[1
]}

Dell'Osso, L ^{[1
]}

Gemignani, A ^{[1
]}

Ciapparelli, A ^{[1
]}

Presta, S ^{[1
]}

Di Nasso, E ^{[1
]}

Pfanner, C ^{[1
]}

Cassano, GB ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Pisa, Dipartimento Psichiatria Neurobiol Farmacol & Bio, I-56100 Pisa, Italy

来源：

INTERNATIONAL CLINICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY | 2001年 / 16卷 / 04期

关键词：

augmentation strategics; citalopram; obsessive-compulsive disorder; serotonin reuptake inhibitors;

D O I：

10.1097/00004850-200107000-00005

中图分类号：

R9 [药学];

学科分类号：

1007 ;

摘要：

This study aimed to evaluate the effect of citalopram in patients with refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) which had not responded to previous antiobsessional treatments. Eighteen patients were selected for this study: they had been suffering from OCD, according to DSM-IV criteria, for at least 2 years and had various comorbid disorders. All had been treated with serotonin reuptake inhibitors at adequate dosages for at least 6 months, but had failed to respond. Consequently, they were shifted to citalopram, titrated up to the dose of 40 mg, within 2 weeks. After 4 months of this regimen, 14 out of the total of 18 patients had shown a reduction in OC symptoms, as assessed by the decrease in the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale total score; no relevant side-effects were reported, except for a mild nausea in four patients within the first few days of treatment, which quickly disappeared. The use of citalopram would appear to be an useful strategy in refractory OCD cases. (C) 2001 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

引用

页码：215 / 219

页数：5

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