A RANDOMIZED DOUBLE BLIND COMPARISON OF CITALOPRAM VS ESCITALOPRAM IN SEVERE DEPRESSION
Journal Title: IJAR-Indian Journal of Applied Research - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 4
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy of citalopram with escitalopram in the management of depression. The diagnosis was done based on ICD-10 Criteria for severe depressive episode and a minimum score of 19 in Hamilton depression rating scale. The primary efficacy outcome was taken as change of mean HAM-D 17 score from baseline to end of study. At the end of study responders in the citalopram group were more compared to escitalopram group and the difference was statistically significant.
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Dr A SRI SENNATH J ARUL
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