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  • Title: Drug intake and the dexamethasone suppression test.
    Author: Burch EA, Goldschmidt TJ, Schwartz BD.
    Journal: J Clin Psychiatry; 1986 Mar; 47(3):144-6. PubMed ID: 3949724.
    Abstract:
    The dexamethasone suppression test (DST) is being used clinically as a diagnostic laboratory test for depression. Drug histories collected from 336 psychiatric inpatients revealed that 60% were taking one or more drugs suspected of altering DST results in either a false-positive or false-negative manner. Practical limitations of the DST as a biologic marker of affective syndromes in relation to patient drug use are discussed.
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