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BMJ Case Rep
February 2025
Psychiatry, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, Kerala, India.
This case report presents the first documented instance of vortioxetine-induced syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH) in India. Vortioxetine, a newer antidepressant, was prescribed to an elderly male in his 80s with major depressive disorder, in combination with mirtazapine. Despite initial improvement in mood, he developed hyponatraemia, a rare but serious side effect possibly linked to vortioxetine's serotonergic action.
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March 2025
Department of Depression Evaluation Service, New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Drive, Unit #51, New York, NY 10032, USA.
It is known that the serotonin and norepinephrine systems change with age. Consequently, response to antidepressants having different effects on these two systems may vary between patients of different ages. We systematically searched Embase/Medline/PsychINFO until December 2024 for randomised controlled trials (RCT) in patients with unipolar major depressive disorder comparing response rates to serotonergic versus noradrenergic antidepressants (PROSPERO pre-registration #CRD42020145386).
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February 2025
Department of Physiology, Metabolism, Diabetes, and Obesity Programme, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia. Electronic address:
Amphetamine (AMPH) exerts metabolic and cardiovascular effects. The central melanocortin system is a key regulator of both metabolic and cardiovascular functions. Here, we show that the melanocortin system partially mediates AMPH-induced anorexia, energy expenditure, tachycardia, and hypertension.
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January 2025
Department of Anesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Management, Faculty of Medicine, Ain-Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
Background: Postdural puncture headache (PDPH) is a debilitating, life-altering complication of the administration of obstetric spinal anesthesia (SA). The lack of evidence-based treatment for PDPH necessitates the implementation of new treatment modalities. Mirtazapine is a noradrenergic and specific serotonergic antidepressant that has been used as a prophylactic treatment for chronic tension-type headaches.
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January 2025
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Kratom is a plant with alkaloids acting at opioid, serotonergic, adrenergic, and other receptors. Consumers report numerous use motivations. To distinguish subgroups of kratom consumers by kratom-use motivations using latent-class analysis.
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