Rhabdomyolysis as a manifestation of clomipramine poisoning [PDF]
São Paulo Medical Journal, 2013 CONTEXT: Tricyclic antidepressive agents are widely used in suicide attempts and present a variety of deleterious effects. Rhabdomyolysis is a rare complication of such poisoning.
Nathalie Oliveira de Santana +1 more
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The Brugada Type 1 Electrocardiogram and Ventricular Tachycardia With High-Dose Amitriptyline
JACC: Case Reports, 2021 A 32-year-old woman with anorexia nervosa experienced ventricular tachycardia while on therapeutic-dose amitriptyline despite normal blood tests, imaging, and intracardiac recordings.
Ji-Jian Chow, MRCP +2 more
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Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2020 Aims: Conflicting data exist on whether an association exists between antidepressants and the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) in patients with depression.
Ha Young Jang +8 more
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Clinical relevance and treatment possibilities of bipolar rapid cycling [PDF]
, 2002 Bipolar rapid cycling (RC) is defined as 4 or more affective episodes within 1 year. It has been postulated that RC is related to a poor response to lithium, to the same extent as mixed episodes or other atypical symptoms of the illness.
Amann, B. +3 more
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PET studies of the serotonin system in major depression and its treatment [PDF]
, 2014 The serotonin system has been implicated in major depression since the 1960s, mainly based on the serotonin enhancing properties of antidepressants.
Tiger, Mikael
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Antidepressant drugs and the response in the placebo group: the real problem lies in our understanding of the issue [PDF]
, 2012 In a recent paper, Horder and colleagues (Horder et al., 2010, J Psychopharmacol 25: 1277–1288) have suggested that the mainproblem in the Kirsch analysis is methodological. We argue that the results are similar irrespective of the method used.
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Effectiveness of a recent topical sialogogue in the management of drug-induced xerostomia [PDF]
, 2011 Objectives: Use of certain drugs is the most common aetiology of xerostomia. Systemic sialogogues provide a longer effect than topic ones, but also induce relevant side effects. Topical sialogogues, as malic acid, allow a safe use as they
Aguilar Salvatierra, Antonio +3 more
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Fluvoxamine may prevent onset of psychosis: a case report of a patient at ultra-high risk of psychotic disorder [PDF]
, 2011 Background There is emerging evidence that antidepressants may be effective in preventing patients with non-specific and psychotic-like prodromal symptoms, defined as patients at ultra-high risk (UHR) of psychotic disorder, from transitioning to ...
Shigenori Tadokoro +4 more
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The limited utility of electrocardiography variables used to predict arrhythmia in psychotropic drug overdose [PDF]
, 2003 The aim of the present study was to examine the relationship between serious arrhythmias in patients with psychotropic drug overdose and electrocardiography (ECG) findings that have been suggested previously to predict this complication.Thirty-nine ...
Buckley, Nicholas A. +5 more
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Antidepressants versus placebo for depression in primary care [PDF]
, 2009 Background Concern has been expressed about the relevance of secondary care studies to primary care patients specifically about the effectiveness of antidepressant medication.
Arroll, Bruce +7 more
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