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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-7-19
pubmed:abstractText
An overview is presented of interactions of currently frequently used antidepressants with various other drugs. The effects of interactions of tricyclic antidepressants, tetracyclics, monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitors, lithium and carbamazepine are comparatively well documented, their pharmcodynamic and pharmacokinetic characteristics extensively researched and well known to the practitioner. These interactions concern synergic effects, enzyme inhibition, enzyme induction in the liver, competitive inhibition of absorption and reciprocal effects on the receptor. With regard to lithium, problems of renal clearance and circulation are also important. On the other hand, interactions of reversible and selective MAO-A inhibitors (RI-MA) and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) with various other drugs are in the process of elucidation. Very threatening interactions are known to be caused by a combination of SSRI and MAO inhibitors (serotonergic syndrome). SSRI and tricyclic antidepressants dispensed concurrently cause an increase in the plasma level of the tricyclic antidepressant. Hence, the practitioner must become aware of this high responsibility towards the patient when prescribing even on single drug, which must be selected with the utmost care.
pubmed:language
ger
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0043-5325
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
107
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
293-300
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
[The interactions of antidepressant drugs].
pubmed:affiliation
Universitätsklinik für Psychiatrie, Graz.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Review