Fluoxetine versus placebo in depressed alcoholics: a 1-year follow-up study

Autor: J R, Cornelius, I M, Salloum, R F, Haskett, D C, Daley, M D, Cornelius, M E, Thase, J M, Perel
Rok vydání: 2000
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Zdroj: Addictive behaviors. 25(2)
ISSN: 0306-4603
Popis: The authors conducted a first study to evaluate the long-term efficacy of fluoxetine for decreasing the depressive symptoms and the drinking of patients with comorbid major depressive disorder and alcohol dependence. This study consisted of a 1-year naturalistic follow-up of 31 patients who previously had completed a 3-month double-blind, placebo-controlled study of fluoxetine in depressed alcoholics. The fluoxetine group continued to demonstrate less depressive symptoms and less drinking than the placebo group at the 1-year follow-up evaluation. The results of the 1-year follow-up evaluation suggest persistent efficacy for fluoxetine for treating the depressive symptoms and the drinking of depressed alcoholics.
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