No effect of six weeks of treatment with escitalopram on mood in healthy volunteers--irrespective of genotype for the promoter of the serotonin transporter.

  • Michael Kellner
  • Cüneyt Demiralay
  • Christoph Muhtz
  • Jana Husemann
  • Wiebke Kölsch
  • Christoph Hiemke
  • Alexander Yassouridis
  • Klaus Wiedemann

Abstract

Data on emotional effects of chronic antidepressants in normal subjects are scarce and contradictory. Thirty healthy men were given 10 mg/day of escitalopram for 6 weeks in a double-blind, placebo-controlled, within-subject cross-over study. No significant effect on negative affect, positive affect, or state anxiety was detected, irrespective of serotonin transporter gene-linked polymorphism.

Bibliographical data

Original languageGerman
Article number3
ISSN0165-1781
Publication statusPublished - 2008
pubmed 18962988