Treatment of Raynaud's phenomenon with the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor fluoxetine
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Treatment of Raynaud's phenomenon with the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor fluoxetine.
OBJECTIVE To compare fluoxetine, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, with nifedipine as treatment for primary or secondary Raynaud's phenomenon. METHODS Twenty-six patients with primary and 27 patients with secondary Raynaud's phenomenon were assigned randomly to receive 6 weeks of treatment with fluoxetine (20 mg daily) or nifedipine (40 mg daily). Following a 2-week washout period, ea...
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عنوان ژورنال: Rheumatology
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1462-0332,1462-0324
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/40.9.1038