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Study data from D. Milea and colleagues update understanding of depression

Published in Drug Week, June 11th, 2010

A new study, 'Prescription patterns of antidepressants: findings from a US claims database,' is now available. "Introduction of serotonin reuptake inhibitors in the 1990s has increased the use of antidepressants and modified their prescription patterns. To identify reasons for prescriptions of antidepressants and factors associated with absence of a labelled indication on the prescription patterns of antidepressants and healthcare costs in a claims database," scientists in France report.

"Antidepressant users with a new treatment episode with bupropion, citalopram, duloxetine, escitalopram, fluoxetine, fluvoxamine, paroxetine, sertraline or venlafaxine in 2003 and 2004...

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