The use of d-amphetamine in medically ill depressed patients.
A positive therapeutic response to d-amphetamine is described in three medically ill depressed patients in a general hospital. Two patients were either unable to tolerate or responded poorly to tricyclic antidepressants. In one patient, d-amphetamine was chosen because of the combination of postoperative pain and depression. There was a rapid remission of depressive symptomatology with no adverse side effects, consistent with the findings of other investigators. Further evaluation of the therapeutic role of d-amphetamine in the treatment of medically ill depressed patients is recommended.
D000293:Adolescent; D000368:Aged; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D003913:Dextroamphetamine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004194:Disease / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000523:psychology
D003913:Dextroamphetamine