Posted by SalArmy4me on June 21, 2001, at 1:21:25
In reply to Sal?-Tegretol: Anti-Dep. qualities??, posted by katrina on June 20, 2001, at 15:14:29
http://www.vh.org/Providers/Conferences/CPS/10.html
Pharmacotherapy of Depression
Original Author: Paul Perry, Ph.D, BCPP
Latest Revisers: Paul Perry, Ph.D, BCPP, Dan Smith, Pharm.D., BCPP
Creation Date: 1996
Peer Review Status: Internally Peer Reviewed"Post and Uhde (1985) reported a 54% (30/47) mild to moderate response rate to carbamazepine in a double-blind trial of acute depression. The responders to carbamazepine demonstrated statistically significant antidepressant response only after the first week of treatment. After the four week trial patients were placed on placebo with only mild and transient exacerbation of their illness. There was no relationship between carbamazepine blood levels and therapeutic response. More studies comparing carbamazepine to other antidepressants and placebo are needed to confirm these preliminary findings."
> My pdoc says that the tegretol can have AD qualities...any input?
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