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The Effect of Paroxetine and Dothiepin on Subjective Sleep in Depressed Patients
Author(s) -
KERR JOHN S.,
FAIRWEATHER DIANE B.,
HINDMARCH IAN
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
human psychopharmacology: clinical and experimental
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.461
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1099-1077
pISSN - 0885-6222
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-1077(199701/02)12:1<71::aid-hup839>3.0.co;2-3
Subject(s) - paroxetine , sleep (system call) , medicine , psychology , computer science , serotonin , receptor , operating system
Paroxetine improve the quality of sleep and the ease of waking up on subjective measures of sleep (the LSEQ). Dothiepin in contrast improved the ease of getting to sleep, but caused a reduced quality of sleep and a ‘hangover’ effect the next morning. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.