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Herpes zoster (HZ) is a painful vesicular rash localized to one dermatome. Post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN) is persistent pain three months after the rash started. In recent years several Cochrane reviews and clinical studies on how to treat HZ and PHN have been published. These studies show that early...
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PMID: 21219842
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Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) causes two clinically distinct diseases: varicella and herpes zoster. Herpes zoster, recurrent infection of VZV occurs when the cell-mediated immunity to VZV declines. Since the cell-medicated immunity to VZV declines with aging, herpes zoster occurs more frequently in t...
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PMID: 21077300
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to evaluate the efficacy and safety of doxepin 1 mg and 3 mg in elderly subjects with chronic primary insomnia.
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PMID: 21102997
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We summarize the clinical evidence regarding somatic interventions associated with switching, with a particular focus on the biologic underpinnings presumably involved in the switch process.
Literature for this review was obtained through a search of the MEDLINE database (1966-2008) using the follow...
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PMID: 20492846
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Concerns have been expressed about possible adverse effects of the use of antidepressant medication during pregnancy, including risk for neonatal pathology and the presence of congenital malformations.
Data from the Swedish Medical Birth Register (MBR) from 1 July 1995 up to 2007 were used to identi...
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PMID: 20047705
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We hypothesized that if submissive behavior in DSR is a valid model of depression, it should be possible to show a genetic predisposition for this trait, since clinical studies support a genetic component for depression.
To test this hypothesis, we applied selective breeding on outbred Sabra mice ba...
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PMID: 20427092
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We evaluated the effect of tianeptine, an antidepressant with prominent neuroprotective and neuroplastic properties, on the development of morphine antinociceptive tolerance and physical dependence. Male C57BL/6 mice were rendered tolerant to or dependent on morphine by subcutaneously injecting them...
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PMID: 20679893
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This study is aimed at investigating the efficacy and tolerability of mirtazapine in a generalized social anxiety disorder. Sixty patients with generalized social anxiety disorder were randomly allocated to receive mirtazapine (30-45 mg/day) (n= 30) or placebo (n= 30) for 12 weeks in a double-blind...
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PMID: 20715300
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I describe, as a first-person narrative, my own experience of psychotic mania, which was suspected to have been induced by the tricyclic antidepressant, dosulepin. I have had a 16-year history of depression and was receiving sertraline 50 mg od when I was prescribed, off licence, dosulepin 25 mg 1-2...
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PMID: 20570368
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I clinical trials are the next steps to ensuring the efficacy of the treatment.
(c) 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc. and the American Pharmacists Association...
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PMID: 20213834
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It has been recently observed that small fibre neuropathy (SFN) may present as distal symmetrical polyneuropathy and with atypical non-length-dependent pattern.
To describe a small series of patients with non-length-dependent SFN, investigating corneal innervation wit...
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PMID: 20581138
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We review and compare the use of traditional and new stimulants in the treatment of EDS. For the treatment of cataplexy and automatic behaviors, serotonergic and noradrenergic agents are considered. The role of gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) is also explored in its ability to reduce daytime sleepiness...
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PMID: 20426704
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Carbamazepine, lidocaine, and imipramine bind to a common site with the common aromatic motif. External to the aromatic site, there is another weaker and less gating-dependent site for the tertiary amine chain in the latter two drugs. Concomitant clinical use of these drugs, thus, should have at mos...
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PMID: 20526191
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The extant data do not support the use of SSRIs as first-line treatments for PTSD in children and adolescents. There is limited evidence that the brief use of antiadrenergic agents, second-generation antipsychotics, and several mood stabilizers may attenuate some PTSD symptoms in youth. However, con...
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PMID: 20441729
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For medication, psychological, and placebo treatment in FBD, satisfaction with treatment depends on cognitive factors of confidence in treatments, perceived control over illness and symptoms, and reduction in negative cognitions related to symptom experience. Addressing these issues among patients w...
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PMID: 20087332
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To accomplish therapeutic goal it is necessary to adjust the dose of medication to be right for every single patient. This procedure of dose adjustment is individualized dose regimen. First of all, pharmacokinetic aspects should be revised, including parameters such as resorption, distribution, meta...
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PMID: 20562781
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Impairment of varicella zoster virus (VZV)-specific cell-mediated immunity, including impairment due to immunosenescence, is associated with an increased risk of developing herpes zoster (HZ), whereas levels of anti-VZV antibodies do not correlate with HZ risk. This crucial role of VZV-specific cell...
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PMID: 20510262
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We will review the current management strategies available for the treatment of both acute HZ and PHN, including antiviral drugs, analgesic agents, anticonvulsants, tricyclic antidepressants and topical therapies. New molecules in development that show improved activity against VZV are also covered,...
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PMID: 20510264
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A number of drug interactions that may potentially occur with local anaesthetic preparations are listed in the British National Formulary (BNF) and Summaries of Product Characteristics (SmPC). Many are theoretical or are associated with higher doses of local anaesthetic preparations than those used...
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PMID: 20527498
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A growing body of evidence has pointed to the NMDA receptor antagonists as a potential therapeutic target for the treatment of major depression. The present study was aimed to evaluate behavioural and molecular effects of the acute and chronic treatment with memantine and imipramine in rats. To this...
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PMID: 19954760
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The tricyclic antipsychotic and antidepressant drug opipramol (opipramole) was examined with regard to the chemical structure of its organic impurities. Impurities were isolated from the technical product by chromatographic methods and their chemical structures were established by 1H NMR, MS and FTI...
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PMID: 20432617
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We describe a 43-year-old Caucasian man with major depressive disorder who started mirtazapine 15 mg at bedtime because he had poor symptom control with other antidepressant drugs. Three days later, vivid dream activity was noted, evolving into realistic nightmares that the patient was not able to d...
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PMID: 20334466
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J Wijkstra,
H Burger,
W W van den Broek,
T K Birkenhäger,
J G E Janzing,
M P M Boks,
J A Bruijn,
M L M van der Loos,
L M T Breteler,
G M G I Ramaekers,
R J Verkes and
W A Nolen
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It remains unclear whether unipolar psychotic depression should be treated with an antidepressant and an antipsychotic or with an antidepressant alone.
In a multi-center RCT, 122 patients (18-65 years) with DSM-IV-TR psychotic major depression and HAM-D-17 > or = 18 w...
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PMID: 19694628
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The anxiolytic-like effects of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs; paroxetine, fluvoxamine) and serotonin-noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs; milnacipran, venlafaxine) were compared with those of benzodiazepines (diazepam, chlordiazepoxide) and tricyclic antidepressants (imipramine...
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PMID: 20401348
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Tianeptine is a clinically used antidepressant that has drawn much attention, because this compound challenges traditional monoaminergic hypotheses of depression. It is now acknowledged that the antidepressant actions of tianeptine, together with its remarkable clinical tolerance, can be attributed...
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PMID: 19704408
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INTRODUCTION: Depression is undoubtedly a particularly important disease in terms of personal suffering and death as well as social, family, and economic costs. Pharmacological treatment is a reasonably effective therapeutic approach;however, a delayed therapeutic response and the pe...
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PMID: 21361055
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The overall analysis using the convention that a patient is at risk if the HAMD suicide item score is > or =3, and excluding patients at risk at baseline, demonstrated a statistically significantly lower risk for mirtazapine- compared to placebo-treated patients on the HAMD (odds ratio mirtazapine v...
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PMID: 20146649
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A selective and reproducible off-line solid-phase microextraction procedure was developed for the simultaneous enantioselective determination of mirtazapine (MRT), demethylmirtazapine and 8-hydroxymirtazapine in human urine. CE was used for optimization of the extraction procedure wh...
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PMID: 20087868
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A selective and reproducible off-line solid-phase microextraction procedure was developed for the simultaneous enantioselective determination of mirtazapine (MRT), demethylmirtazapine and 8-hydroxymirtazapine in human urine. CE was used for optimization of the extraction procedure wh...
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PMID: 20087868
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A selective and reproducible off-line solid-phase microextraction procedure was developed for the simultaneous enantioselective determination of mirtazapine (MRT), demethylmirtazapine and 8-hydroxymirtazapine in human urine. CE was used for optimization of the extraction procedure wh...
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PMID: 20087868
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A selective and reproducible off-line solid-phase microextraction procedure was developed for the simultaneous enantioselective determination of mirtazapine (MRT), demethylmirtazapine and 8-hydroxymirtazapine in human urine. CE was used for optimization of the extraction procedure wh...
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PMID: 20087868
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A selective and reproducible off-line solid-phase microextraction procedure was developed for the simultaneous enantioselective determination of mirtazapine (MRT), demethylmirtazapine and 8-hydroxymirtazapine in human urine. CE was used for optimization of the extraction procedure wh...
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PMID: 20087868
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A selective and reproducible off-line solid-phase microextraction procedure was developed for the simultaneous enantioselective determination of mirtazapine (MRT), demethylmirtazapine and 8-hydroxymirtazapine in human urine. CE was used for optimization of the extraction procedure wh...
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PMID: 20087868
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We report a case of Dothiepin overdose resulting in Brugada like pattern including RBBB which resolved spontaneously....
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PMID: 20653158
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Tricyclic antidepressants have not been explicitly studied in the conservative treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis. A retrospective chart review was conducted in a subset of patients with chronic low back pain and lumbar spinal stenosis managed with low dose tricyclic antidepressants. Of 26 patients...
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PMID: 20345358
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Migraine is a prevalent neurological disorder. Although prevention is the core of treatment for most, some patients are refractory to standard therapies. Accordingly, the aim of this study was to evaluate the use of Quetiapine (QTP) in the preventive treatment of refractory migraine,...
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PMID: 20002594
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A binary mixture of imipramine HCl and chlordiazepoxide was determined by three different methods. The first involved determination of imipramine HCl and chlordiazepoxide using the first derivative spectrophotometric technique at 219 and 231.5 nm over the concentration ranges of 1-20 and 2-24 microg...
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PMID: 20629393
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Antidepressants are of great interest to clinical and forensic toxicologists as they are frequently used in suicidal gestures; they can be the source of drug interactions and some have narrow therapeutic indices making the potential for toxicity more likely. There are five categories of antidepressa...
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PMID: 20077058
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We previously reported that long-term treatment with some antidepressants at low concentrations upregulates BCL2/adenovirus E1B 19-kDa-interacting protein 3 (BNIP3) mRNA expression in NG108-15 cells without causing cell damage, suggesting that BNIP3 is a candidate of intrinsic depressive disorder-re...
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PMID: 20045935
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Migraine is a prevalent neurological disorder. Although prevention is the core of treatment for most, some patients are refractory to standard therapies. Accordingly, the aim of this study was to evaluate the use of Quetiapine (QTP) in the preventive treatment of refractory migraine,...
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PMID: 20002594
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Migraine is a prevalent neurological disorder. Although prevention is the core of treatment for most, some patients are refractory to standard therapies. Accordingly, the aim of this study was to evaluate the use of Quetiapine (QTP) in the preventive treatment of refractory migraine,...
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PMID: 20002594
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Migraine is a prevalent neurological disorder. Although prevention is the core of treatment for most, some patients are refractory to standard therapies. Accordingly, the aim of this study was to evaluate the use of Quetiapine (QTP) in the preventive treatment of refractory migraine,...
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PMID: 20002594
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Migraine is a prevalent neurological disorder. Although prevention is the core of treatment for most, some patients are refractory to standard therapies. Accordingly, the aim of this study was to evaluate the use of Quetiapine (QTP) in the preventive treatment of refractory migraine,...
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PMID: 20002594
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Migraine is a prevalent neurological disorder. Although prevention is the core of treatment for most, some patients are refractory to standard therapies. Accordingly, the aim of this study was to evaluate the use of Quetiapine (QTP) in the preventive treatment of refractory migraine,...
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PMID: 20002594
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Migraine is a prevalent neurological disorder. Although prevention is the core of treatment for most, some patients are refractory to standard therapies. Accordingly, the aim of this study was to evaluate the use of Quetiapine (QTP) in the preventive treatment of refractory migraine,...
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PMID: 20002594
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Migraine is a prevalent neurological disorder. Although prevention is the core of treatment for most, some patients are refractory to standard therapies. Accordingly, the aim of this study was to evaluate the use of Quetiapine (QTP) in the preventive treatment of refractory migraine,...
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PMID: 20002594
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A case of metabolic syndrome is reported in which its elimination before the onset of antiviral treatment of chronic hepatitis A and drug therapy of subsequent depression promoted successful outcome with a stable virological response. Modern approaches are discussed to enhancing effi...
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PMID: 21395034
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We measured IFN-gamma levels in the stimulated blood of healthy female subjects in a whole blood assay using the toxic shock syndrome toxin TSST-1 as stimulant. Blood was either supplemented with antidepressants or not.
Mean IFN-gamma concentrations differed between blood with and wi...
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PMID: 21391412
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The study confirmed the paucity of adequate safety reporting in trials comparing mirtazapine with other types of antidepressant in the acute-phase treatment of depression in adults. Based on the available evidence, mirtazapine appears to have a unique adverse-event profile. Using these findings, cli...
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PMID: 20030418
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Different data show that circulating lymphocytes possess functional serotonin and dopamine transporters (SERT and DAT, respectively). This papers aims to review most of the available literature on this topic, while highlighting the possible role of SERT and DAT, as well as that of their substrates i...
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PMID: 20105129
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HA mediated the response to antidepressant treatment, such that any treatment effect of clomipramine occurred through HA reduction. Although replication with multiple assessment periods is required to determine if HA reduction actually precedes depression reduction, the results contribute to a growi...
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PMID: 20090398
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