Drug Utilization Pattern of Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate in Europe

Abstract

were not significantly different on MDD-related outpatient services (least-squares mean difference[95% CI] for number of outpatient visits: 0.31[-0.01, 0.64]; OR[95% CI] for having ≥ 2 outpatient visits: 1.04[0.82, 1.32] for SNRI vs SSRI). ConClusions: Chinese physicians seem more likely to choose SNRI than SSRI for the treatment of severely-ill MDD patients, as suggested by the patients' higher likelihood of being treated at mental hospitals and having more MDD-related outpatient visits premedication initiation. Although SNRI initiators may be more severely-ill at medication initiation, they were not found to differ from SSRI initiators on outpatient and inpatient service use for MDD in the year following medication initiation.