Antidepressants: their uses in nonpsychiatric disorders of aging.
Antidepressants are recommended by some clinicians as therapy for irritable colon even when there is no evidence of clinical depression, since this syndrome may represent a type of chronic masked depression. Antidepressants may be a good alternative in elderly patients with peptic ulcer disease, particularly in those with concurrent depression. Advantages include once-a-day administration, lower cost, and ease of serum monitoring.
D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000188:drug therapy; D000368:Aged; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003109:Colonic Diseases, Functional / Q000188:drug therapy; D003863:Depression / Q000188:drug therapy; D004316:Doxepin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007099:Imipramine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D009290:Narcolepsy / Q000188:drug therapy; D009627:Nomifensine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy; D010437:Peptic Ulcer / Q000188:drug therapy; D011530:Protriptyline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000188:drug therapy; D013577:Syndrome; D014299:Trimipramine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000188:drug therapy
D000928:Antidepressive Agents; D004316:Doxepin; D009627:Nomifensine; D011530:Protriptyline; D014299:Trimipramine; D007099:Imipramine