A feasibility study of antidepressant drug therapy in depressed elderly patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease†

Objectives To examine the acceptability of fluoxetine in elderly depressed patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Setting A university teaching hospital. Method Single‐blinded (open) study. One hundred and thirty‐seven outpatients (69 male) with symptomatic irreversible, mode…