[Action of clovoxamine on the sleep of depressed patients. "Polygraphic recordings"]

This study reports the action of clovoxamine, a non-tricyclic non IMAO antidepressant, on the sleep parameters of five patients suffering from primary depressive illness. Before treatment all subjects presented an EEG syndrome of primary depressive sleep disorder (decreased paradoxical sleep latency). Sleep recordings were made after 1 month and 3 months of monotherapy with clovoxamine. PS latency increased to normal values, sleep efficiency improved and wake time decreased, and, more remarkably, paradoxical sleep was not suppressed by clovoxamine.