Treatment of persistent somatoform pain disorder with Duloxetine
ZHONG Jing-mei
ZHANG Kun-lin
WU Shao-yuan
MA Sha
ZHENG Kun-wen
Abstract：Objeqtive To observe the effect of duloxetine on persistent somatoform pain disorder.Methods Thirty patiens treated with duloxetine and 48 treated with fluoxetine plus Amitriptyline were enrolled.MOSPM,HAMD and TESS in two groups were observed during the 2nd.4th and 6th weeks.Results There was no significant difference on MOSPM and HAMD between two groups during 2nd.4th and 6th weeks.The score of TESS in duloxetine group during the 2nd and 4th week was obviously lower than that in control group(P＜0.01).Conclusion The curative effect of duloxetine for persistent somatoform pain disorder is similar to fluoxetine plus amitriptyline.but side effeeta of duloxetine is lower than fluoxetine plus amitriptyline.
Keywords：Persistent somatoform pain disorderDuloxetineFluoxetineAmitriptyline
Publication Date：2008-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2026-09-14(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：2( 765-766 )