Hoencamp E, Haffmans PM, Dijken WA, Hoogduin CA, Nolen WA, van Dyck R. Brofaromine versus lithium addition to maprotiline. A double-blind study in maprotiline refractory depressed outpatients.
J Affect Disord 1994;
30:219-27. [PMID:
8006248 DOI:
10.1016/0165-0327(94)90082-5]
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Abstract
Depressed outpatients (n = 51) resistant to treatment with maprotiline were treated in a blind, randomized, single-centre study, for 6 weeks with either the reversible and selective monoamine oxidase A-inhibitor (MAO-A-I), brofaromine or lithium addition to maprotiline. The Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression was scored by an independent rater before and after the 6 week treatment period. No significant differences in efficacy were found between the two treatment regimes. In the patients who completed the trial, brofaromine was well tolerated with the exception of insomnia. Anticholinergic effects as well as thyroid dysfunctions (17 out of 20) were more frequent in the maprotiline/lithium group.
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