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A Study of Refractory Cases of Depressive Illnesses and their Response to Combined Antidepressant Treatment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

E. R. Sethna
E. R. Sethna*
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All Saints' Hospital, Lodge Road, Birmingham B18 5SD
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Opinions differ on the effectiveness and the risk involved in treating depressive illnesses with combinations of monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) and tricyclic antidepressants. Some authorities, including the Food and Drug Administration in the United States, the former Witts Committee in this country, and the pharmaceutical firms producing antidepressants, have given serious warnings against combining MAOIs with tricyclic antidepressants. These warnings have been repeated more recently by Beck (1967), Malitz (1966) and Shepherd et al. (1968).

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 124 , Issue 580 , March 1974 , pp. 265 - 272
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1974 

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