title: [Neuro-electrophysiologic studies in abstinent and depressed alcoholic patients treated with tianeptine].
abstract: A concerted study of the clinical and electrophysiologic effects of tianeptine was conducted in alcoholic patients hospitalized for 5 weeks for alcohol withdrawal cures and subsequent depression. Because of the well known manifestations of infraclinical cognition impairment, sleep disorders and greater susceptibility to undesirable effects of psychotropic drugs, which hinder health care in this type of patient, the authors investigated changes in cognitive functions and the effect of tianeptine on sleep organization and daytime vigilance. Results after 4 weeks treatment (3 times 12.5 mg/day) included: besides its antidepressant effect, tianeptine reduces the manifestations of anxiety, without sedation effects, either clinical or electrophysiologic; tianeptine has no deleterious effect on cognitive functions, on the contrary, it appears to favour recovery when they are impaired; tianeptine does not modify sleep structure, notably in paradoxal sleep; tianeptine is an antidepressant which has a good acceptability, even for a population at "risk".
authors.affiliation: C.H.S., Rouffach.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Macher
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Minot
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Duval
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Luthringer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Toussaint
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Schaltenbrand
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000929:Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001143:Arousal / Q000187:drug effects; D003863:Depression / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D000431:Ethanol / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010919:Placebos; D011604:Psychoses, Alcoholic / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012890:Sleep / Q000187:drug effects; D013375:Substance Withdrawal Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013841:Thiazepines / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D000929:Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic; D010919:Placebos; D013841:Thiazepines; C050504:tianeptine; D000431:Ethanol
vernacular_title: Etudes neuro-électrophysiologiques chez le malade alcoolique abstinent et déprimé traité par la tianeptine.