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Estimulantes del Sistema Nervioso Central/uso terapéutico , Trastorno Depresivo/tratamiento farmacológico , Metilfenidato/uso terapéutico , Inhibidores Selectivos de la Recaptación de Serotonina/uso terapéutico , Sertralina/uso terapéutico , Adulto , Atención Ambulatoria , Estimulantes del Sistema Nervioso Central/administración & dosificación , Trastorno Depresivo/psicología , Método Doble Ciego , Esquema de Medicación , Quimioterapia Combinada , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Placebos , Escalas de Valoración Psiquiátrica , Inhibidores Selectivos de la Recaptación de Serotonina/administración & dosificación , Resultado del TratamientoRESUMEN
We report a well-defined, although incomplete and transient, improvement in severe tardive dystonia with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), supporting three similar previous case reports. ECT may be considered for patients with severe disabling tardive dystonia who have failed to respond to pharmacotherapy.
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Distonía/terapia , Terapia Electroconvulsiva , Adulto , Humanos , MasculinoRESUMEN
In order to determine whether sleep onset per se might precipitate the sleep growth hormone (GH) response, sleep EEG-EOG and plasma GH characteristics were studied in 15 healthy young males (AM) sleeping from 8 AM to 10 AM, when REM sleep is known to predominate, and in 14 subjects (PM) sleeping from 4 PM to 6 PM, when slow-wave sleep (SWS) predominates. PM subjects obtained significantly more SWS and less REM sleep than AM subjects. There was wide individual variability in the level and timing of the GH rise during the naps, but GH release was significantly greater during PM naps than during AM naps for the groups as a whole. The difference between conditions reflected primarily the fact that more subjects exhibited frank GH peaks during PM naps than during AM naps. These results indicate that the occurrence of the sleep GH response is not dependent upon sleep onset, and confirm previous reports of an association between the sleep GH response and SWS.