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Depressive Disorders in Stroke Patients

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Post-stroke depression is a serious complication of ischemic stroke which has negative influences on patients’ quality of life and on recovery from symptoms and the prognosis of the underlying disease. We report here a study of the efficacy of treatment of patients with post-stroke depression with Opra, showing improvements in status in 93.3% of patients. Along with its antidepressant action, Opra had a marked anxiolytic effect. The agent had no adverse effects on the activities of daily living or cognitive functions, and produced minimal side effects.

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Translated from Zhurnal Nevrologii i Psikhiatrii imeni S. S. Korsakova, Stroke Supplement, No. 22, 2008, pp. 10–15.

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Gusev, E.I., Bogolepova, A.N. Depressive Disorders in Stroke Patients. Neurosci Behav Physi 39, 639–643 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11055-009-9185-8

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