Rapid response to methylphenidate as an add-on therapy to mirtazapine in the treatment of major depressive disorder in terminally ill cancer patients: a four-week, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled study

• Main Authors: Guan, N.C., Boks, M.P.M., Roes, K.C.B., Zainal, N.Z., Sulaiman, A.H., Beng, T.S., de Wit, N.J.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: BF Psychology; R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/10967/1/Guan-2014-Rapid_response_to_me.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/10967/; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0924977X14000285

This is a 4 week, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to examine the effects of methylphenidate as add-on therapy to mirtazapine compared to placebo for treatment of depression in terminally ill cancer patients. It involved 88 terminally ill cancer patients from University of Malaya M...