Outcomes of Citalopram Dosage Risk Mitigation in a Veteran Population.

CONCLUSIONS: Reduction of prescribed citalopram dosages to a new safety limit was associated with a higher rate of hospitalization in a large patient population who had been treated with substantially higher dosages. Stipulating a safety limit for citalopram dosages before the benefits and risks of doing so were firmly established appears to have had unintended clinical consequences. PMID: 27166093 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: The American Journal of Psychiatry - May 9, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Rector TS, Adabag S, Cunningham F, Nelson D, Dieperink E Tags: Am J Psychiatry Source Type: research