Treatment of periodic depression with carbamazepine |
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| Authors: | T Kobayashi A Kishimoto T Inagaki |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Neuropsychiatry, Tottori University School of Medicine, Yonago, Japan. |
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| Abstract: | A case of periodic depression treated prophylactically with carbamazepine for over 10 years is reported. Recurrence of depressive episode was completely inhibited during the carbamazepine treatment and depressive relapses occurred 2 to 4 months after the discontinuation of carbamazepine treatment. No notable side effect was found during the treatment. |
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| Keywords: | carbamazepine depression prophylaxis |
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