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Has thioridazine a role in the treatment of anxious depressed neurotic outpatients?
Author(s) -
Becker Robert E.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
drug development research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.582
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1098-2299
pISSN - 0272-4391
DOI - 10.1002/ddr.430030312
Subject(s) - thioridazine , amitriptyline , neuroticism , psychology , double blind , depressive symptoms , anxiety , medicine , psychiatry , social psychology , chlorpromazine , alternative medicine , personality , pathology , placebo
A 4‐wk double‐blind comparison of amitriptyline vs. thioridazine was conducted in 54 anxious depressed patients. Both drugs showed essentially equal efficacy in relieving target symptoms. Thioridazine may have a clinical role in the treatment of anxious depressive symptoms in selected patients.
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