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Antidepressive effects of the selective MAO-inhibitor brofaromine:an open trial

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

WMA Verhoeven
WMA Verhoeven*
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Vincent van Gogh Institute for Psychiatry, Department of Biological Psychiatry, Stationsweg 46, 5803, AC Venray, The Netherlands
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Summary

In an open prospective study, the antidepressive effects of the selective and reversible MAO-A inhibitor, brofaromine, were investigated in nine endogenous depressed patients, who had failed to respond to cyclic antidepressants. In three patients a clinically relevant improvement was observed, although for the total group, no statistically significant treatment effect could be demonstrated. In two subjects, postural hypotension and sleep disturbances occurred temporarily.

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MAO-inhibitorbrofarominemajor depression

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European Psychiatry , Volume 7 , Issue 5 , 1992 , pp. 243 - 247
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Copyright © Elsevier, Paris 1992

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