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Double-Blind Comparison of Nortriptyline and Amitriptyline in Depressive Illness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

M. R. Leahy
Affiliation:
St. James's Hospital, Leeds, 9
Ian C. A. Martin
Affiliation:
St. James's Hospital, Leeds, 9

Extract

Previous assessments of nortriptyline (Bennett, 1962; Rose and Leahy, 1964) have suggested that it has useful anti-depressant properties, and a preliminary trial in which the present authors were involved (Rose et al., 1965) found that it compared sufficiently favourably with amitriptyline to merit further controlled study.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1967 

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