A COMPARISON OF ADINAZOLAM AND DESIPRAMINE IN THE TREATMENT OF MAJOR DEPRESSION

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KENNEDY, SH [1 ]
DEGROOT, J [1 ]
RALEVSKI, E [1 ]
REED, K [1 ]
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[1] UNIV TORONTO,QUEEN ST MENTAL HLTH CTR,TORONTO M5S 1A1,ONTARIO,CANADA
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10.1097/00004850-199100620-00001
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R9 [药学];
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Thirty-one patients with a DSM-III (R) diagnosis of Major Depression received adinazolam (n = 16) or desipramine (n = 15) during a 6 week double-blind randomized controlled trial. Both groups showed a significant decline in Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression scores (21.8 +/- 4.5 to 10.7 +/- 8.5 for adinazolam and 23.5 +/- 5.5 to 12.9 +/- 8.6) for desipramine. Melancholic and anxiety symptoms were reduced equally by both drugs. Initial sedation was the most common side-effect with adinazolam. Plasma levels of desipramine and hydroxy-desipramine correlated highly with oral dose after 3 weeks of treatment.
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