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Rapid response of patients simultaneously treated with lithium and nortriptyline
L S Austin1, G W Arana, J C Ballenger
1Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425.
The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
|March 1, 1990
Abstract:
To shorten the latency-to-response time for antidepressant treatment, three patients diagnosed with major depression were treated simultaneously with lithium and nortriptyline. Symptoms responded markedly by Day 7 and completely resolved by Day 14. Patients experienced few side effects.