1995
DOI: 10.1002/hup.470100506
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High dose tertiary amine tricyclic antidepressants in the treatment of severe refractory depression: The central role of plasma concentration estimations

Abstract: The relationships between dosage, plasma concentration, antidepressant response and toxicity were investigated in 24 highly selected patients with severe, refractory major depression who were prescribed amitriptyline, clomipramine or dothiepin at high dosage (15C-525 mg/day), usually in combination with lithium or other psychotropics. Of serious adverse effects 83 per cent were encountered when tricyclic antidepressant (TCA) plasma concentrations exceeded 400 mcg/l. Therapeutic drug monitoring of high dose TCA… Show more

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“…The well-established indication of TDM to prevent toxicity when using TCAs [15,32,33] has also been corroborated by the present results. Particularly, dose adjustments in the early course of treatment seem appropriate to improve the safety of TCA treatment.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 89%
“…The well-established indication of TDM to prevent toxicity when using TCAs [15,32,33] has also been corroborated by the present results. Particularly, dose adjustments in the early course of treatment seem appropriate to improve the safety of TCA treatment.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 89%
“…A depressão resistente verdadeira, entretanto, precisa de um enfoque sistemático para melhorá-la. Se a droga utilizada for um tricíclico: 1. usar doses mais altas até 300mg de tricíclicos ou mais, ou até a tolerância; 2. checar os níveis de séricos, 300 a 400 microgramas por litro; 31 3. se outro antidepressivo tiver sido usado, verificar se outras classes foram usadas em suas doses máximas; 4. usar combinações lógicas de antidepressivos (lítio e tricícli-co), mas evitar carbamazepina com tricíclicos porque os ní-veis sangüíneos dos antidepressivos são reduzidos.…”
Section: Como Tratar Depressão Resistente?unclassified