Abstract:
:Benzodiazepines, the most widely prescribed psychotropic drugs, are often used in patients with depressive disorders, either alone or in combination with standard antidepressants. This review evaluates the efficacy of benzodiazepines (alprazolam, diazepam, chlordiazepoxide) as established in acute-phase, randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in major depressive disorder. Metaanalyses using intent-to-treat, as well as adequate treatment exposure samples, revealed an overall efficacy of 47-63% and a drug-placebo difference of 0-27% for all benzodiazepines. Alprazolam, the best studied of the benzodiazepines, had a 27.1% (sd = 6.1%) greater response than placebo, which is comparable to standard antidepressants. Alprazolam, in particular, may be a useful treatment option for patients in whom standard antidepressant medications are contraindicated, poorly tolerated, or possibly ineffective. Alprazolam may have a more rapid onset of action for some patients. Benzodiazepines do not primarily affect biogenic amine uptake or metabolism, although they do augment gamma-amino butyric acid (GABA) activity. The antidepressant efficacy of benzodiazepines, which are GABAA receptor agonists, is consistent with the GABA theory of depression.
journal_name
Biol Psychiatryjournal_title
Biological psychiatryauthors
Petty F,Trivedi MH,Fulton M,Rush AJdoi
10.1016/0006-3223(95)00049-7subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1995-11-01 00:00:00pages
578-91issue
9eissn
0006-3223issn
1873-2402pii
0006322395000497journal_volume
38pub_type
杂志文章,meta分析abstract:BACKGROUND:The marker D1S251 of chromosome 1q42.1 showed significant association with schizophrenia in a Taiwanese sample. We used single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) fine mapping to search for the vulnerability genes of schizophrenia. METHODS:We selected 120 SNPs covering 1 Mb around D1S251 from the public database....
journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2006-09-15 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2002-12-15 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2017.06.033
更新日期:2017-11-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0006-3223(91)90222-8
更新日期:1991-02-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析
doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2015.01.003
更新日期:2015-10-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0006-3223(93)90077-q
更新日期:1993-08-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2005.04.041
更新日期:2005-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2003.07.002
更新日期:2004-01-15 00:00:00
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:2001-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2000-09-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0006-3223(01)01238-0
更新日期:2001-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s0006-3223(98)00121-8
更新日期:1998-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0006-3223(95)00063-1
更新日期:1995-12-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2014.06.026
更新日期:2015-03-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2013.03.027
更新日期:2013-10-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2015.02.020
更新日期:2015-08-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2020.02.016
更新日期:2020-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2006.12.001
更新日期:2007-11-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
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更新日期:2005-02-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2019.11.007
更新日期:2020-04-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0006-3223(03)00677-2
更新日期:2004-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0006-3223(90)90018-w
更新日期:1990-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2007.10.008
更新日期:2008-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0006-3223(95)00451-3
更新日期:1996-07-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2006.05.002
更新日期:2007-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2005.10.006
更新日期:2006-08-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0006-3223(02)01416-6
更新日期:2002-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0006-3223(91)90233-c
更新日期:1991-10-15 00:00:00
abstract::An early-onset, familial form of Alzheimer's disease (AD) has been reported to be linked to a locus on the long arm of chromosome 21 (21q21). Furthermore, duplications in the vicinity of this locus involving the beta-amyloid gene and the proto-oncogene ets-2 have been reported in association with AD. The structural ge...
journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0006-3223(89)90236-9
更新日期:1989-03-15 00:00:00