Posted by SLS on January 26, 2007, at 12:12:15
In reply to Re: SLS - riluzole!!! » SLS, posted by Phillipa on January 26, 2007, at 11:36:26
the staging for antidepressant resistance offered by Dr. Thase and colleagues:
* Stage 1: Failure of an adequate trial of 1 class of major antidepressant
* Stage 2: Failure of adequate trials of 2 distinctly different classes of antidepressant
* Stage 3: Stage 2 plus failure of a third class of antidepressant, including a tricyclic antidepressant (TCA)
* Stage 4: Stage 3 plus failure of an adequate trial of a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI)
* Stage 5: Stage 4 plus failure of an adequate course of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
- Scott
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