Deliberate self poisoning with antidepressant drugs: a comparison of the relative hospital costs of cases of overdose of tricyclics with those of selective-serotonin re-uptake inhibitors.
BACKGROUND: Debate continues over the relative merits of tricyclics and selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs) as first line antidepressant treatment for depression. SSRIs are safer in overdose but more expensive than tricyclics. This report compared the hospital costs of cases of overdose...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2000
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