Therapeutic tricyclic antidepressant drug monitoring in younger and older depressive patients.
Journal Title: Pharmacological Reports - Year 2006, Vol 58, Issue 4
Abstract
The present study shows the evaluation of clinical state and serum level of tricyclic antidepressants in thirty-eight depressive younger and elderly patients during 8-week observation. We observed no statistically significant differences, neither in psychometric scale scores nor in drug serum levels in both groups of patients.
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Maria Radziwoń-Zaleska, Halina Matsumoto, Michał Skalski, Joanna Wilkowska, Piotr Januszko, Daria Matoszko, Anna Dziklińska, Bartłomiej Gmaj, Waldemar Szelenberger
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