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Posted by SLS on November 17, 2012, at 6:19:35
Interesting.
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Therapeutic effects of vitamin D as adjunctive therapy to fluoxetine in patients with major depressive disorderKhoraminya N, Tehrani-Doost M, Jazayeri S, Hosseini A, Djazayery A;
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry (Oct 2012)
Objective:To compare the therapeutic effects of vitamin D(3) plus fluoxetine and fluoxetine alone in patients with major depressive disorder.Methods:In the present double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial, 42 patients with a diagnosis of major depressive disorder based on DSM-IV criteria were randomly assigned into two groups to receive daily either 1500 IU vitamin D(3) plus 20 mg fluoxetine or fluoxetine alone for 8 weeks. Depression severity was assessed at 2-week intervals using the 24-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS) as a primary outcome measure and the 21-item Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) as a secondary outcome measure. Serum 25(OH) vitamin D was measured at baseline and after intervention.Results:Forty patients completed the trial. A two-way repeated-measures analysis of variance showed that depression severity based on HDRS and BDI decreased significantly after intervention, with a significant difference between the two groups. The vitamin D + fluoxetine combination was significantly better than fluoxetine alone from the fourth week of treatment.Conclusions:In the present 8-week trial, the vitamin D + fluoxetine combination was superior to fluoxetine alone in controlling depressive symptoms.
Posted by Lao Tzu on November 27, 2012, at 11:38:20
In reply to Fluoxetine + vitamin D3 augmentation is effective., posted by SLS on November 17, 2012, at 6:19:35
I like this, but in my case D3 makes me very tired, probably the opposite of what most people experience. Good article, though.
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