Pilot Study of Terazosin in Treatment of Antidepressant Induced Excessive Sweating

Completed 15 enrolled Thomas Jefferson University

Non-randomizedSingle-groupOpen-labelTreatment

Summary

This study is based on the hypothesis that terazosin, a blocker of alpha-1 receptors, will be effective in reducing excessive sweating caused by antidepressant treatment, and will have minimal adverse effects.

Timeline

Start: 2005-05
Primary completion: 2006-05
Completion: 2007-05

Publications

Mago R, Thase ME, Rovner BW. Antidepressant-induced excessive sweating: clinical features and treatment with terazosin. Ann Clin Psychiatry. 2013 Aug;25(3):186-92. Epub 2013 May 1.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Terazosin	Small molecule	—	—

Indications

No indication recorded.