Abstract
Patients receiving fluphenazine decanoate who were switched from adjunctive benztropine to imipramine in a double-blind trial experienced marked exacerbations of extrapyramidal side effects. No substantial increase in anticholinergic side effects occurred, however, when imipramine was added to fluphenazine decanoate and benztropine.
Publication types
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Clinical Trial
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Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Benztropine / adverse effects*
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Clinical Trials as Topic
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Depressive Disorder / drug therapy*
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Double-Blind Method
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Drug Therapy, Combination
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Dyskinesia, Drug-Induced / etiology*
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Dyskinesia, Drug-Induced / prevention & control
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Female
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Fluphenazine / analogs & derivatives
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Humans
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Imipramine / adverse effects*
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Tropanes / adverse effects*
Substances
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Tropanes
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Benztropine
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fluphenazine depot
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Imipramine
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Fluphenazine