A double-blind comparative clinical trial of citalopram vs maprotiline in hospitalized depressed patients.
Timmerman L, de Beurs P, Tan B K, +4 more·International clinical psychopharmacology
In a double-blind clinical trial comprising 29 depressed patients citalopram, a highly selective 5-HT re-uptake inhibitor and maprotiline, a specific NA re-uptake inhibitor, were compared. Allowing for the small sample and taking into consideration that both groups consisted of severely ill, hospitalized patients, it i…