More people with depression continued treatment with fluoxetine than with desipramine or imipramine

  • Anderson, Ian MRCP, MRCPsych, MD

  • University of Manchester Manchester, UK

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Source of funding: Lilly Research Laboratories.

For correspondence: Dr G E Simon, Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, 1730 Minor Avenue, Suite 1600, Seattle, WA 98101-1448, USA. Fax +1 206 287 2871.

Abstract and commentary also appear in ACP Journal Club and Evidence-Based Medicine.

Evidence-Based Mental Health 3(1):p 23, February 2000.
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