Economic Implications of the Use of Antidepressants in Adults with Learning Disabilities Suffering from Affective Disorders
✍ Scribed by S. BHAUMIK; C. DUGGIRALA; J. BEE; H. WILDGUST
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 104 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-6222
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✦ Synopsis
The cost of treatment with TCAs and SSRIs were audited over a 9-month period in patients with major depression and co-morbid learning disabilities, using retrospective case-note analysis. Drug costs per treatment episode were found to be least for TCAs whilst they also incurred the highest side-eect costs. The average direct medical costs per treatment episode were least for ¯uoxetine (£188 . 55) and highest for TCAs (£268 . 99) with SSRIs as a group being intermediate (£242 . 66). This study has limitations of being a non-randomized retrospective audit, hence the results should be viewed with caution. However, currently there are no other data available.