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Re: Bromocriptine/Amantadine for depression » spike4848

Posted by TSA West on February 20, 2002, at 0:03:04

In reply to Bromocriptine/Amantadine for depression, posted by spike4848 on February 18, 2002, at 9:53:45

Dear Spike,

Here is some information on Bromocriptine in Depression:

Current Medical Research & Opinion. 8(3):150-3, 1982:

"A double-blind trial was carried out in 9 patients with endogenous depression to compare the effectiveness of bromocriptine (15 mg per day, 4 patients) with that of imipramine (75 mg per day, 5 patients) over a period of 10 weeks. The results of assessments using the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression showed that both drugs produced comparable reduction in mean scores and there was no significant difference between the two treatment groups. Fewer patients had anticholinergic type side-effects on bromocriptine..."

A double-blind cross-over placebo-controlled trial of the effects of bromocriptine on psychomotor function, cognition, and mood in de novo patients with Parkinson's disease.
Behavioural Pharmacology. 6(1):81-91, 1995 January.
Department of Surgical Neurology and Clinical Neuropsychology, Morriston Hospital Swansea:

"A review of the literature suggested that decreased emotional distress may have arisen through bromocriptine's action on neural circuits modulating mood. Some clinical implications of bromocriptine's effect on mood are mentioned...."

Department of Psychiatry, Hokkaido University School of Medicine. [Survey and treatment strategy of antidepressant-resistant depression].
Seishin Shinkeigaku Zasshi - Psychiatria et Neurologia Japonica. 98(5):329-42, 1996:

"The addition of lithium, _bromocriptine_ or levothyroxine treatment were effective in the treatment of ARD (antidepressant-resistant depression). Levothyroxine were more effective in the treatment of the bipolar patients than the unipolar patients...."


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