In older patients with depression, pooled venlafaxine plus Cerebrolysin or carnicetine produced a faster, more pronounced therapeutic response than venlafaxine alone.
In plain wordsIn older patients with depression, pooled venlafaxine plus Cerebrolysin or carnicetine produced a faster, greater response than venlafaxine alone.
- Peptide
- Cerebrolysin
- Outcome
- IncreaseTherapeutic response
- Study
n = 61
- Comparator
- Venlafaxine monotherapy
- Outcome group
- Anxiety and mood · Mental health and mood
Source sentences
In the group of patients receiving combined antidepressant therapy, a significantly faster and more pronounced therapeutic response was observed compared to the group of patients treated with antidepressant monotherapy.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
The study included 2 groups of patients from the cohort of patients hospitalized in the gerontopsychiatric unit with mild and moderate depression (according to the ICD-10 classification) aged 60 years and older.
Both groups received antidepressant monotherapy with venlafaxine (21 people) or combined therapy with the same antidepressant, but in combination with cerebrolysin or carnicetine (40 people) for 8 weeks.
In this study, Cerebrolysin was a lab tool or a carrier, part of a mix, or the subject of a lab method. This result is not evidence about taking Cerebrolysin.