Ultimately, antidepressant medications are effective for many individuals and continue to play an important role in treating depressed elders, although the potential risks must be weighed with the patient and their families. Current data do not support restriction of their use and untreated depression ...
A quality contribution, to follow-up at antidepressant medications, would be a more frequent clinical use of therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) and pharmacogenetic tests in addition to TDM. MD Cherma,BC Carlsson 被引量: 0发表: 2007年 Selection of antidepressant drugs in elderly patients - Focus ...
Thai elderly patients were likely given multiple medications because of their diseases.Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug(NSAIDs)and tricyclic antidepres... W Khampheeraphaphul,W Matcharoen,A Kerdtalay,... 被引量: 0发表: 0年 The outcome of antidepressant use in the medically ill. To examine...
We studied 1321 elderly Medicaid beneficiaries newly admitted to a nursing home during the study period. Pain medications were grouped into four different categories and all antidepressants were grouped into one category. For each medication category, we obtained the number of unique patients for whom...
Like most medications, antidepressants also have certain side effects, which could vary in type and intensity depending on the patient using it. It is important for you and your doctor to understand what these side effects are and how they will affect your daily life. Your response to a type...
Kanaly KA Berman JR Sexual side effects of SSRI medications: potential treament strategies for SSRI-induced female sexual dysfunction. Curr Women's Health Rep 2(6) 409-416, 2002. Anderson JW Greenway FL Fujoka K Gaddle KM McKenney J O'Neil PM Bupropion SR enhances weight loss: a 48-week...
Use of Sleep-Promoting Medications in Nursing Home Residents This paper reviews the use of sleep-promoting medications in nursing home residents with reference to risks versus benefits. Up to two-thirds of elderly pe... DK Conn,R Madan - 《Drugs & Aging》 被引量: 120发表: 2006年 Newer Psy...
Background:Antidepressants are commonly prescribed medications in the elderly, but their relationship with incident mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and probable dementia is unknown. Methods:The study cohort included 6,998 cognitively healthy, postmenopausal women, aged 65–79 years, who were enrolled in...
SUGGESTED for you Most current guidelines are based upon the assumption that antidepressant medications are usually found to be either efficacious or not efficacious in a specific individual. If the patient is unresponsive to one drug, another may be effective. However, no antidepressants are without...
The few existing elderly com- munity cohort studies with longer follow-up [17, 18] generally suffer from several biases notably due to lim- ited consideration of potential confounders (e.g. use of other medications), of patterns of antidepressant use and treatment chronicity, and of ...