Citation

Barbui C. J. Am. Med. Assoc. JAMA 2004; 292(23): 2833; author reply 2833.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, American Medical Association)

DOI

10.1001/jama.292.23.2833-a

PMID

15598910

Abstract

The risk of suicidal behavior after initiating antidepressant treatment is similar among users of amitriptyline, fluoxetine, and paroxetine compared with the risk among users of dothiepin. This finding is relevant in countries where dothiepin is a reference antidepressant, such as the United Kingdom, but is less helpful where this agent has never been licensed, such as Italy and the United States.