Depression after cyproheptadine: MAO treatment

Depression after cyproheptadine: MAO treatment.

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Hoarding, China’s Second Revolution: Reform After Mao

Health Care In China After Mao

This article summarizes observations made by the author during a recent trip to China and compares these views to those of other observers over the past decade. The discussion is undoubtedly influenced by the Chinese tendency to speak in terms of the ideal rather than what exists. It was often difficult to sort out "what is" from "what ought to be," even though our hosts appeared very candid, a...

Depression after stroke: a hospital treatment survey.

Treatment with anti-depressant drugs of 61 inpatients admitted on account of stroke was studied. Eighteen patients (30%) were being so treated. Only 5 patients (17%) with dysphasia were being treated with anti-depressant drugs compared with 13 patients (41%) without dysphasia (P less than 0.05). Dosage levels used were generally low and only one patient had been referred for a psychiatric opini...

Cyproheptadine in severe anorexia.

A 4-year-old girl was diagnosed to have TBM on the basis of history, abnormal CSF findings and a CT scan showing moderate hydrocephalus and basal exudates. She was treated with a combination of streptomycin, isoniazid, rifampicin and pyrazinamide. She also received oral phenobarbitone for convulsions and mannitol and acetazolamide. The sensorium improved on the 6th day, only after a ventriculop...