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  • Title: Antidepressants: psychiatrists' opinions and clinical practice.
    Author: Depont F, Rambelomanana S, Le Puil S, Begaud B, Verdoux H, Moore N.
    Journal: Acta Psychiatr Scand; 2003 Jul; 108(1):24-31. PubMed ID: 12807374.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To describe and compare psychiatrists' opinion on antidepressant drugs and their prescriptions to depressed patients. METHOD: Between January and September 1999 a representative sample of French psychiatrists was asked their opinion of the 15 most prescribed antidepressants, and then to describe the treatments of the current depressive episode of four depressive patients each, their changes and the reason thereof. RESULTS: A total of 232 psychiatrists and 935 patients participated. The best ranked antidepressants were clomipramine, paroxetine and amitriptyline for efficacy, tianeptine, paroxetine and citalopram for tolerability. In patients, the most often prescribed were paroxetine, fluoxetine and venlafaxine. Those least often stopped for intolerance were tianeptine (2.9%), citalopram (5.2%), venlafaxine (3.3%) and amitriptyline (5.7%) for lack of efficacy. There was no difference in stopping rates for inefficacy of tricyclics and serotonin-selective agents. CONCLUSION: The best predictors for the prescribed antidepressants were the psychiatrists' overall rankings and opinions of the tolerability of the drug.
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