Patent ID: 9694009
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: A61K,A61P

Claim:
1. A method of treating a mood disorder selected from the group consisting of depression of major depressive disorder, dementia with depressive symptoms, major depressive disorder, endogenous depression, melancholia, depression incombination with psychotic episodes, bipolar disorder with depressive phase, refractory depression, dementia of the Alzheimer's type with depressive symptoms, Parkinson's disease with depressive symptoms senile dementia, mood disorders associated with cerebral blood vessels and mood disorders following head injury in a patient comprising: administering to the patient an effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition which comprise(s) (a) a compound selected from aripiprazole or metabolite of aripiprazole wherein the metabolite of aripiprazole is selected from the group consisting of dehydroaripiprazole, DM-1451 and DM-1452 and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier in combination with at least one other pharmaceutical composition, each comprising (b) at least one serotonin reuptake inhibitor selected from the group consisting of fluoxetine, duloxetine, venlafaxine, milnacipran, citalopram, fluvoxamine, paroxetine, sertraline, escitalopram, and salts thereof.