REMISSION OF CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY-INDUCED EMESIS DURING ANTIDEPRESSANTTHERAPY WITH NEFAZODONE

Authors
KHOUZAM HR MONTEIRO AJ GERKEN ME
Citation
Hr. Khouzam et al., REMISSION OF CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY-INDUCED EMESIS DURING ANTIDEPRESSANTTHERAPY WITH NEFAZODONE, Psychosomatic medicine, 60(1), 1998, pp. 89-91
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology,Psychiatry,Psychiatry,Psychology
Journal title
Psychosomatic medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
00333174
Volume
60
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
89 - 91
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-3174(1998)60:1<89:ROCCED>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
Objective: To emphasize the importance of treating a major depressive episode in an elderly patient with small cell lung cancer (SCLC). Meth od: A case report is described to illustrate the importance of treatin g depression in an elderly patient with SCLC undergoing chemotherapy. Results: During the course of antidepressant therapy with nefazodone, the patient also experienced a remission of cancer chemotherapy-induce d emesis. Conclusions: This case report suggests that the remission of emesis could be related to the 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) antagonisti c property of nefazodone.