Vulnerability to sodium lactate in panic disorder patients given cognitive-behavioral therapy.

Shear, M K; Fyer, A J; Ball, G; Josephson, S; Fitzpatrick, M; Gitlin, B; Frances, A; Gorman, J et al. · Am J Psychiatry · 1991

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Abstract

Six patients with panic disorder who had panicked during sodium lactate infusion were given cognitive-behavioral treatment for 12-24 weeks. After treatment they underwent another lactate infusion, and four patients were rates as having no panic, suggesting that reduced vulnerability to lactate accompanies remission of panic. Controlled trials of cognitive-behavioral therapy and use of lactate infusion as a measure of remission are recommended.

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