Ashwin A. Patkar, MD, MRCPsych
Original Research
Efficacy of Citalopram Treatment in Bipolar Depression
January 12, 2021
Antidepressants are widely used to treat bipolar illness, though their effectiveness in this disorder has not been established. This randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial assessed the efficacy and safety of...
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An 8-Week Randomized, Double-Blind Trial Comparing Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of 3 Vilazodone Dose-Initiation Strategies Following Switch From SSRIs and SNRIs in Major Depressive Disorder
August 6, 2015
Do patients clinically benefit from a switch from initial antidepressant treatment to vilazodone? How often do they experience adverse events? To answer these questions, the authors of this study...
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A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel-Group Pilot Study of Milnacipran for Chronic Radicular Pain (Sciatica) Associated With Lumbosacral Disc Disease
August 15, 2014
Here, review results from a 10-week study that compared the pain-relieving effects of milnacipran, an SNRI, to that of placebo in patients with lumbosacral disc disease. Nerve pain in...
