Choice of antidepressant based on the dexamethasone suppression test.
This retrospective analysis of patients with major depressive disorder correlated response to the dexamethasone suppression test (DST) with clinical response to antidepressants. Nonsuppression on the DST predicted good response to noradrenergic drugs; suppression predicted good response to serotonergic drugs.
D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D003907:Dexamethasone; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000097:blood; D012189:Retrospective Studies
D000928:Antidepressive Agents; D003907:Dexamethasone; D006854:Hydrocortisone