title: [Open study of L-5-H.T.P. in melancholic depressed patients over 50 years of age (author's transl)].
abstract: The authors report a trial on the antidepressive activity of L.5-H.T.P. The clinical population is relatively homogeneous; it consists of melancholic patients, aged over 50. The results are inferior to those obtained with other antidepressant therapies. They do not verify that L.5-H.T.P. has an antidepressive action in elderlies. However, the authors do not put aside that L.5-H.T.P. can be interesting in some varieties of depression.
mesh_terms: D006916:5-Hydroxytryptophan / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000368:Aged; D003863:Depression / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D006916:5-Hydroxytryptophan
vernacular_title: Etude ouverte du L.5-H.T.P. chez des déprimés mélancoliques de plus de 50 ans.