Duncan B Clark Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
primary care,disease diagnosis,post-secondary education,Suicide Prevention,toxicology
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Duncan B Clark is currently working in Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. also interested in different medical diseases and terminologies and also have keen interest in their treatment.
Short Communication Open Access
Author(s): Jack R Cornelius, Antoine B Douaihy, Duncan B Clark, Dennis C Daley, Tammy A Chung, Maribeth A Wesesky, D Scott Wood and Ihsan Salloum
Mirtazapine In Comorbid Major Depression And Alcohol Use Disorder: A Long-Term Follow-Up Study
Background/Objective: To date, pharmacotherapy trials of depressed alcoholics (MDD/AUD) have focused on SSRI medications, with disappointing results, so effective treatments for that comorbid population are lacking. Mirtazapine is an FDAapproved medication for treating MDD with a unique pharmacological profile whose efficacy may exceed that of SSRIs. Results from our recent open label study suggest robust acute phase efficacy for mirtazapine for decreasing both the depression and the drinking of that population. However, to date, no studies have evaluated the longer-term efficacy... view moreĀ»