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Choosing between SSRIs and TCAs.
I n the article " Pharmacologic treatment of depression in late life " Alastair Flint gives a thorough and comprehensive review of the treatment of depression. He mentions that to his knowledge, " only 1 trial has compared an SSRI [selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor] (sertra-line) with a secondary amine TCA [tricyclic antidepressant] (nortripty-line), and both drugs were equally well tolera...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Psychiatry
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0007-1250,1472-1465
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.169.2.250b