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Titles |
1973 British Journal of Psychiatry Triptafen |
Related Item |
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Genre |
medicine |
Genre |
medicines (psychiatric) |
Identifier |
BJP1973Jul_Sep6 |
Note |
In depression or anxiety Triptafen-DA or Triptafen-Minor avoid the unmasking problem. "…often anxiety or agitation occurs in depressed patients treated with antidepressant drug therapy. Serious depressive states can be uncovered when anxiety is treated by tranquillisers." Triptafen-DA treats the depression and the masked anxiety. Triptafen-Minor treats the anxiety and the masked depression. |
Abstract |
Amitriptyline Hydrochloride; Perphenazine, Allen & Hanbury's Limited, A green face with eyes closed is pictured; I believe it is meant to represent a mask. |