Dr Ken Gillman
Critical independent evaluations in psycho-pharmacology
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Now that the SSRIs have been in use long enough to be seen in perspective it is clear they have side effect differences from the TCAs, with some advantages, albeit…
There is good evidence, backed up by experience, that tricyclic antidepressants work well as prophylaxis for migraine. In my experience clomipramine, used carefully, is noticeably superior to other drugs. Some…
Some of you will know it has been my view for some time that the association between migraine and depression is closer than has generally been recognised. Evidence is now…
Sertraline is the logical first choice SSRI. I regard it as perceptibly superior to all the others.Sertraline probably has a significant activity for boosting dopamine, relatively somewhat stronger than venlafaxine’s…
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