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Listening to Prozac: A Psychiatrist Explores Antidepressant Drugs and the Remaking of the Self is a book written by psychiatrist Peter D. Kramer.Written in 1993, the book discusses how the advance of the anti-depressant drug Prozac might change the way we see personality, the relationship between neurology and personality.
Spravato, a nasal spray form of esketamine, was approved by the FDA in 2019 for use in treatment-resistant depression when combined with an oral antidepressant. [15] [16] Some low to moderate quality evidence points to success in the short term (8–12 weeks) using mianserin to augment antidepressant medications. Simply switching to mianserin ...
Antidepressants are recommended as an alternative or additional first step to self-help programs in the treatment of bulimia nervosa. [37] SSRIs (fluoxetine in particular) are preferred over other anti-depressants due to their acceptability, tolerability, and superior reduction of symptoms in short-term trials.
Since some tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) and monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) can cause harmful interactions if used within 14 days of starting treatment with other antidepressants, you may ...
Ketamine’s antidepressant effects are part of what prompted researchers to explore other drugs that target glutamate—like the venerable cough suppressant dextromethorphan found in Robitussin ...
These drugs act as antagonists or inverse agonists of the 5-HT 2A, α 1-adrenergic, and H 1 receptors, as partial agonists of the 5-HT 1A receptor, [3] and as inhibitors of the transporters. mCPP is an antagonist of the 5-HT 2B receptor, an agonist of the 5-HT 1A, [3] 5-HT 2C, and 5-HT 3 receptors, [4] [5] and acts as a partial agonist of the ...
The analysis revealed that 31% of individuals who stopped taking an antidepressant experienced at least one symptom, such as dizziness, headache, nausea, insomnia or irritability. Severe symptoms ...
Prozac is a trade name for the antidepressant fluoxetine. [2] Wurtzel originally titled the book I Hate Myself and I Want To Die but her editor convinced her otherwise. [3] It ultimately carried the subtitle Young and Depressed in America: A Memoir. The book was adapted into a feature film, Prozac Nation (2001), starring Christina Ricci.