Female genital disorder as adverse symptom of lamotrigine treatment - A serotoninergic effect? [PDF]
The new anticonvulsant, lamotrigine, is becoming an important tool in the treatment of bipolar disorder, including bipolar depression. Its efficacy in bipolar depression might be linked to its inhibition of serotonin uptake.
Amann, Benedikt +2 more
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Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor Increases Pseudarthrosis Rates in Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusions [PDF]
Study Design Retrospective cohort. Purpose To determine (1) the effects of serotonin reuptake inhibitors in pseudarthrosis rates after anterior cervical decompression and fusion (ACDF) and (2) to identify patient-reported outcome measures in patients ...
Mark James Lambrechts +15 more
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Sertraline and Phenytoin Drug Interaction in a Geriatric Patient [PDF]
This report presents the case of a 78-year-old man residing in a nursing home who presented with a 2-month history of increasing lethargy and confusion. These symptoms coincided with the initiation of sertraline in the patient.
Caprio, Thomas V. +4 more
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Preclinical discovery of duloxetine for the treatment of depression [PDF]
Introduction: Affective disorders, including major depressive disorder (MDD), are among the most severely disabling mental disorders, and in many cases areIntroduction: Affective disorders, including major depressive disorder (MDD), are among the most ...
Berrocoso Domínguez, Esther María +4 more
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Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and Alzheimer’s disease
Given the failure to develop disease-modifying therapies for Alzheimer’s disease (AD), strategies aiming at preventing or delaying the onset of the disease are being prioritized. While the debate regarding whether depression is an etiological risk factor
Bernadette Mdawar +2 more
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Fluoxetine reduces murine graft-versus-host disease by induction of T cell immunosuppression [PDF]
Serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SRIs) are widely used drugs in the treatment of depression and anxiety disorders. Although SRIs are generally regarded as safe drugs with relatively few side effects, literature suggests that high concentrations of SRIs may
Billiau, An D +6 more
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A functional variant in the serotonin receptor 7 gene (HTR7), rs7905446, is associated with good response to SSRIs in bipolar and unipolar depression. [PDF]
Predicting antidepressant response has been a clinical challenge for mood disorder. Although several genome-wide association studies have suggested a number of genetic variants to be associated with antidepressant response, the sample sizes are small and
Aitchison, Katherine J +14 more
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Dosing of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors [PDF]
Sir: I am writing to address an inaccuracy written about the dosing and administration of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) medications in the article by Marken and Munro published in the December 2000 issue of the Companion.1 Contrary to the contention by Drs. Marken and Munro that sertraline is more effective at the high end of the dosage
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Experimental Pharmacological Research Regarding the Potential Antidepressant Activity Induced by Some Newly Synthesised Dibenzo[a,d]cycloheptene Compounds [PDF]
Background. Depression is a relatively frequent encountered mental disorder in the general population, affecting both the quality of the individual life and its ability to perform the social tasks; it is generally accepted that new studies related to ...
Junghină, Adrian +3 more
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Chirality of Modern Antidepressants: An Overview [PDF]
The majority of modern antidepressants (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and selective serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors) have one or two centers of asymmetry in their structure; resulting in the formation of enantiomers which may ...
Monica Budău +4 more
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