Antidepressant efficacy of sertraline and imipramine for the treatment of major depression in elderly outpatients

CONTEXT: Most double-blind studies of efficacy and tolerability of sertraline as compared to tricyclics in the treatment of late-life major depression have used amitriptyline as a standard, leading to the inevitable conclusion that the former drug is better tolerated than the latter, with both being...

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Main Author: Forlenza,Orestes Vicente (author)
Other Authors: Stoppe Júnior,Alberto (author), Hirata,Edson Shiguemi (author), Ferreira,Rita Cecília Reis (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2000
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Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802000000400005
Country:Brazil
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