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The adrenal response to metyrapone in amitriptyline-treated subjects

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The adrenocortical response to metyrapone has been found by several investigators to be regularly blocked in man by chlorpromazine. In the present study a subnormal response was found in only two of nine subjects treated with amitriptyline.

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  1. Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK

    T. J. Fahy & J. L. Gibbons

  2. Department of Psychological Medicine, The Royal Victoria Infirmary, Queen Victoria Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England

    J. L. Gibbons

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Fahy, T.J., Gibbons, J.L. The adrenal response to metyrapone in amitriptyline-treated subjects. Psychopharmacologia 12, 367–370 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00401416

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