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ArticlePsychiatry (Edgmont (Pa. : Township))2008

Choosing Antidepressants for HIV and AIDS Patients: Insights on Safety and Side Effects.

Jason Yanofski, Paul Croarkin

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Article in Psychiatry (Edgmont (Pa. : Township)), 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jason YanofskiDr. Yanofski is a fellow in child psychiatry at the University of Texas, Southwestern, Dallas, Texas.
Paul Croarkin
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has a high comorbidity with major depression. Symptoms of depression may be attributed to ongoing HIV infection, thereby reducing the likelihood of timely treatment with antidepressants. This may contribute to the morbidity of both illnesses. This review focuses on an evidence-based approach to selecting antidepressants for first-line treatment of major depressive disorder in patients with HIV and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Some antidepressant medications have side effect profiles that may exacerbate the symptoms commonly seen in patients with HIV and AIDS. Others have side effects that, while normally problematic in the general population, may be helpful in counteracting the difficulties seen in HIV and AIDS patients. Other challenges in treatment include an array of possible drug-drug interactions between antidepressants and HIV medications. Clinicians should focus more on capitalizing on the side effects of psychotropic medications in this patient population than on trying to avoid drug-drug interactions.

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AIDSantidepressantsHIVmajor depressive disorder

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PMID19727253
PMCPMC2686642
OpenAlexW188099407

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