Acta Oto-Laryngologica
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Antidepressant Treatment of Tinnitus Patients Robert A. Dobie, Mark D. Sullivan, Wayne J. Katon, Connie S. Sakai & Joan Russo To cite this article: Robert A. Dobie, Mark D. Sullivan, Wayne J. Katon, Connie S. Sakai & Joan Russo (1992) Antidepressant Treatment of Tinnitus Patients, Acta Oto-Laryngologica, 112:2, 242-247, DOI: 10.1080/00016489.1992.11665412 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00016489.1992.11665412
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Acta Otolaryngol (Stockh) 1992; 112: 242-247
Antidepressant Treatment of Tinnitus Patients Interim Report of a Randomized Clinical Trial ROBERT A. DOBIE,' MARK D. SULLIVAN,2 WAYNE J. KATON, 2 CONNIE S. SAKAI' and JOAN RUSS0 2 From the 'Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, The University ofTexas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Texas, and 2Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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Dobie RA, Sullivan MD, Katon WJ, Sakai CS, Russo J. Antidepressant treatment of tinnitus patients: Interim repon of a randomized clinical trial. Acta Otolaryngol (Stockh) 1992; 112: 242-247. Previous studies have shown that severe tinnitus is associated with current major depression, and that tricyclic antidepressant therapy reduces tinnitus disability, at least compared to brief placebo treatment. We are completing a randomized clinical trial of nonriptyline, stratified by presence or absence of current major depression, in 100 patients with severe chronic tinnitus. Preliminary analysis of global outcome on the first 52 patients reveals that those receiving nortriptyline were more likely to feel that their drug had been helpful (74% vs. 36%, p
ISSN: 0001-6489 (Print) 1651-2251 (Online) Journal homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/ioto20
Antidepressant Treatment of Tinnitus Patients Robert A. Dobie, Mark D. Sullivan, Wayne J. Katon, Connie S. Sakai & Joan Russo To cite this article: Robert A. Dobie, Mark D. Sullivan, Wayne J. Katon, Connie S. Sakai & Joan Russo (1992) Antidepressant Treatment of Tinnitus Patients, Acta Oto-Laryngologica, 112:2, 242-247, DOI: 10.1080/00016489.1992.11665412 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00016489.1992.11665412
Published online: 04 Jan 2016.
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Date: 09 May 2016, At: 16:30
Acta Otolaryngol (Stockh) 1992; 112: 242-247
Antidepressant Treatment of Tinnitus Patients Interim Report of a Randomized Clinical Trial ROBERT A. DOBIE,' MARK D. SULLIVAN,2 WAYNE J. KATON, 2 CONNIE S. SAKAI' and JOAN RUSS0 2 From the 'Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, The University ofTexas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Texas, and 2Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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Dobie RA, Sullivan MD, Katon WJ, Sakai CS, Russo J. Antidepressant treatment of tinnitus patients: Interim repon of a randomized clinical trial. Acta Otolaryngol (Stockh) 1992; 112: 242-247. Previous studies have shown that severe tinnitus is associated with current major depression, and that tricyclic antidepressant therapy reduces tinnitus disability, at least compared to brief placebo treatment. We are completing a randomized clinical trial of nonriptyline, stratified by presence or absence of current major depression, in 100 patients with severe chronic tinnitus. Preliminary analysis of global outcome on the first 52 patients reveals that those receiving nortriptyline were more likely to feel that their drug had been helpful (74% vs. 36%, p
