Growth hormone response to clonidine in panic disorder patients.
The growth hormone (GH) response to clonidine administration (2 micrograms/kg) was compared in three groups of subjects: seven panic disorder patients, seven depressed patients matched for age and sex, and seven normal controls. As previously reported, patients with affective disorders show a blunted GH response to clonidine. Only one panic disorder patient had a blunted GH response to clonidine, and this patient had recently received a tricyclic antidepressant.
Schittecatte
M
M
Department of Psychiatry, Vincent Van Gogh Hospital, Marchienne-au-Pont, Belgium.
Charles
G
G
Depauw
Y
Y
Mesters
P
P
Wilmotte
J
J
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000378:metabolism*; D003000:Clonidine; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000378:metabolism; D005239:Fear / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010200:Panic / Q000502:physiology*
D013006:Growth Hormone; D003000:Clonidine