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Escitalopram provides symptom relief for patients with MS/MD

Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 10:16 pm
by MSUK
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Treatment with escitalopram appears to be an effective therapy for patients who have multiple sclerosis (MS) and comorbid major depressive disorder (MDD), researchers suggested at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association (APA).

"Despite studies highlighting the comorbidity of multiple sclerosis and depression, it continues to be underdetected, underdiagnosed, and undertreated," stated Suzanne Hardeman, MSN, PMHNP-BC, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina, speaking at her poster presentation here on May 24...

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