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The American Journal of Psychiatry, VOL. 127, No. 12

Articles | June 01, 1971

A Potential Clinical Use for Methylphenidate with Tricyclic Antidepressants

RALPH N. WHARTON; JAMES M. PEREL; PETER G. DAYTON; SIDNEY MALITZ

Am J Psychiatry 1971;127:1619-1625.

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Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, N.Y.

Associate Professor, Clinical Pharmacology Group, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Ga.

1971, American Psychiatric Association

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Seven patients with recurrent refractory psychotic depressive illness were treated with tricyclic antidepressants plus methylphenidate (Ritalin). The effect of methylphenidate appears to involve an increase in the blood levels of antidepressants through enzymatic inhibition of the metabolism of imipramine and desmethylimipramine that is concomitant with clinical improvement. The potentiation by methylphenidate may have important implications for the treatment of depression.

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