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Depresion and Multiple Sclerosis

Publication at First Faculty of Medicine |
2003

Abstract

In the presented article, we describe a case of a thirty-yearsold woman who has suffered from multiple sclerosis for seven years, and a commorbid depression has been present for five years. The treatment with paroxetine proved unsuccessful.

Passivity and resignation of the patient represent a barrier from a further therapeutic effort. In the discussion section, we consider etiology of the depicted depressive symptoms especially as for the treatment with interferon beta-1b.

The literary knowledge rather testifies against a causal relationship between the administration application of an immunomodulatory agent and an occurance of a mood disorder in multiple sclerosis. We mention other therapeutic possibilities at the end of the paper.