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Clinical Trial
. 1986 Oct:149:515-7.
doi: 10.1192/bjp.149.4.515.

A comparison of the antidepressant action of citalopram and amitriptyline

D M Shaw, D R Thomas, M H Briscoe, S E Watkins, R Crimmins, B Harris, J Lovett, M Raj, A T Lloyd, C Osborne, et al.
Clinical Trial

A comparison of the antidepressant action of citalopram and amitriptyline

D M Shaw et al. Br J Psychiatry. 1986 Oct.

Abstract

The response of patients with major depressive illness to citalopram of amitriptyline was compared in a double-blind multi-centre trial. No differences in efficacy were observed, but citalopram had less hypnotic effect, and a remarkably lower profile of side-effects.

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