2000
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.157.9.1429
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Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of the Use of Lithium to Augment Antidepressant Medication in Continuation Treatment of Unipolar Major Depression

Abstract: Lithium augmentation in the continuation phase of treatment of unipolar major depressive disorder effectively protects patients against a relapse. Patients who respond to lithium augmentation should be maintained on lithium augmentation for a minimum of 6 months or even longer.

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“…The efficacy of lithium augmentation has been well documented in placebo-controlled acute (Joffe et al 1993;Katona et al 1995;Baumann et al 1996) and continuation treatment trials (Bauer et al 2000;Bschor et al 2002) using different classes of antidepressants. A recent meta-analysis confirmed the evidence that lithium augmentation is superior to placebo augmentation for the treatment of unipolar major depression, with a median response rate of 50% across double-blind studies (Bauer and Döpfmer 1999).…”
Section: On the Next Day) Twenty-four Patients Were Reassessed Aftmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The efficacy of lithium augmentation has been well documented in placebo-controlled acute (Joffe et al 1993;Katona et al 1995;Baumann et al 1996) and continuation treatment trials (Bauer et al 2000;Bschor et al 2002) using different classes of antidepressants. A recent meta-analysis confirmed the evidence that lithium augmentation is superior to placebo augmentation for the treatment of unipolar major depression, with a median response rate of 50% across double-blind studies (Bauer and Döpfmer 1999).…”
Section: On the Next Day) Twenty-four Patients Were Reassessed Aftmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Останніми роками вивчався вплив літію на внутрішньоклітинні сигнали, зростання й розвиток нейронів. На сьогодні вважається, що ме-ханізм дії літію пов'язаний з виснаженням запасів інозитолу в центральній нервовій системі (ЦНС) [13,14,18].…”
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“…Бромід літію в медицині більше не використовується, тому що викликає хро-нічне отруєння -бромізм [6,14].…”
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“…We reported results from a double-blind placebo-controlled study of lithium augmentation in continuation therapy with a double-blind phase of 4 months and a subsequent open-label phase of 6 months [13,14] . In the latter trial, patients taking an antidepressant combined with lithium had a significantly lower risk of relapse than patients taking an antidepressant combined with placebo.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%