Method of treating depression
US4593031A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 5, 1985 |
| Grant date | Jun 3, 1986 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 5, 2005 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61K31/00
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
This invention relates to a composition and method for potentiating the antidepressant effect of dibenzocycloheptadiene-type antidepressant agents, for example, nortriptyline, in the treatment of depression, especially geriatric depression, by administering them in combination with an approximately 1:1:1 by weight mixture of dihydroergocryptine (2:1 .alpha.:.beta.), dihydroergocornine and dihydroergocristine.
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