Antidepressant Therapy for the Geriatric Patient
- 1 November 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology
- Vol. 1 (Supplement) , 55S-61S
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00004714-198111001-00011
Abstract
Tricyclic antidepressants followed by the monoamine oxidase inhibitors are the mainstays of pharmacological antidepressant treatment for the elderly in the United States. Lithium is useful in selected patients. The newer agents, such as mianserin, nomifensine, trazodone, maprotiline, and amoxapine, appear to be effective and, if the early data are confirmed, may produce fewer side effects than the current tricyclics and monoamine oxidase inhibitors.Keywords
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