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Posted by saintjames on July 18, 1999, at 0:53:23
http://www.ahcpub.com/ahc_root_html/hot/archive/pmpc0399.html
is a report about one of the common AD augmentation protocols used today.
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Posted by Elizabeth on July 18, 1999, at 23:52:37
In reply to Augmentation with Pindolol (Visken) , posted by saintjames on July 18, 1999, at 0:53:23
Hee hee. I wrote a term paper on this. What a pain that was. Dr. Bob would probably kill me if I posted the entire bibliography, but here are some of the more relevant cites, both pro and con
(some of the articles in the American Journal of Psychiatry and Archives of General Psychiatry from the last couple years can be read at their web sites):Artigas F, Perez V, Alvarez E. Pindolol induces a rapid improvement of depressed patients treated with serotonin reuptake inhibitors. Arch Gen Psychiatry 1994 Mar;51(3):248-251.
Berman RM, Darnell AM, Miller HL, Anand A, Charney DS. Effect of pindolol in hastening response to fluoxetine in the treatment of major depression: a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Am J Psychiatry 1997 Jan;154(1):37-43.
Blier P, Bergeron R, de Montigny C. Selective activation of postsynaptic 5-HT1A receptors induces rapid antidepressant response. Neuropsychopharmacology 1997 May;16(5):333-8.
Blier P, Bergeron R. Effectiveness of pindolol with selected antidepressant drugs in the treatment of major depression. J Clin Psychopharmacol 1995 Jun;15(3):217-22.
Bordet R, Thomas P, Dupuis B. Effect of pindolol on onset of action of paroxetine in the treatment of major depression: intermediate analysis of a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Am J Psychiatry 1998 Oct;155(10):1346-51.
Maes M, Vandoolaeghe E, Desnyder R. Efficacy of treatment with trazodone in combination with pindolol or fluoxetine in major depression. J Clin Psychopharmacol 1997 Oct;17(5):358-64.
Maes M, Libbrecht I, van Hunsel F, Campens D, Meltzer HY. Pindolol and mianserin augment the antidepressant activity of fluoxetine in hospitalized major depressed patients, including those with treatment resistance. J Clin
Psychopharmacol 1999 Apr;19(2):177-82.Perez V, Gilaberte I, Faries D, Alvarez E, Artigas F. Randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of pindolol in combination with fluoxetine antidepressant treatment. Lancet 1997 May 31;349(9065):1594-7.
Perez V, Soler J, Puigdemont D, Alvarez E, Artigas F. A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of pindolol augmentation in depressive patients resistant to serotonin reuptake inhibitors. Arch Gen Psychiatry 1999
Apr;56(4):375-9.Tomé MB, Isaac MT, Harte R, Holland C. Paroxetine and pindolol: a randomized trial of serotonergic autoreceptor blockade in the reduction of antidepressant latency. Int Clin Psychopharmacol 1997 Mar;12(2):81-9.
Zanardi R, Artigas F, Franchini L, Sforzini L, Gasperini M, Smeraldi E, Perez J. How long should pindolol be associated with paroxetine to improve the antidepressant response? J Clin Psychopharmacol 1997 Dec;17(6):446-50.
Zanardi R, Franchini L, Gasperini M, Lucca A, Smeraldi E, Perez J. Faster onset of action of fluvoxamine in combination with pindolol in the treatment of delusional depression: a controlled study. J Clin Psychopharmacol 1998 Dec;18(6):441-6.
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