Volume : VII, Issue : IV, April - 2017

A RANDOMIZED DOUBLE BLIND COMPARISON OF CITALOPRAM VS ESCITALOPRAM IN SEVERE DEPRESSION

Dr A Sri Sennath J Arul

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 The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy of citalopram with escitalopram in the management of depression. The diagnosis was done based on ICD–10 Criteria for severe depressive episode and a minimum score of 19 in Hamilton depression rating scale. The primary efficacy outcome was taken as change of mean HAM–D 17 score from baseline to end of study. At the  end of study responders in the citalopram group were more compared to escitalopram group and the difference was statistically significant.

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Dr A SRI SENNATH J ARUL, A RANDOMIZED DOUBLE BLIND COMPARISON OF CITALOPRAM VS ESCITALOPRAM IN SEVERE DEPRESSION, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume‾7 | Issue‾4 | April-2017

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