 Key features of depression and its management in general practice. |
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1. Patients with cardiac disease should be treated with tricyclic antidepressants which have less cardiotoxicity than selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. |
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2. Patients with acute angle glaucoma should be commenced on selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors which have minimal anticholinergic adverse effects. |
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3. In clinical practice no individual differences in response are seen within drug classes. |
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4. Combinations of antidepressants are more effective than monotherapy. |
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5. Tricyclic antidepressants are safer in overdose than selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. |
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3. In clinical practice no individual differences in response are seen within drug classes.
Author's answer: False
In clinical practice, individual differences in response are seen within and across drug classes.
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