title: The changes of thyroid hormone during pharmacological treatment of panic disorder patients.
abstract: 1. Because imipramine has lowered T4 in uncontrolled studies we examined the effect of imipramine on serum thyroid levels in panic disorder patients in a double-blind placebo and diazepam treatment controlled study. 2. Treatment with imipramine (10 subjects) was associated with a significant decrease of T4 and FTI and treatment with diazepam (8 subject) was associated with a significant decrease of T4. However, there was no significant difference across treatment groups. 3. This finding suggests that previously reported decreases in thyroid hormones during antidepressant therapy may be due to nonspecific effects of treatment rather than to the drug itself.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Balon
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pohl
authors.forename: V K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Yeragani
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ramesh
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Glitz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001007:Anxiety / Q000097:blood / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000188:drug therapy; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003975:Diazepam / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007099:Imipramine / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007773:Lactates; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016584:Panic Disorder / Q000097:blood* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012737:Sex Factors; D013963:Thyroid Hormones / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D007773:Lactates; D013963:Thyroid Hormones; D007099:Imipramine; D003975:Diazepam