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Desvenlafaxine is a synthetic form of the isolated major active metabolite of venlafaxine, and is categorized as a serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI). When most normal metabolizers take venlafaxine, approximately 70% of the dose is metabolized into desvenlafaxine, so the effects of the two drugs are expected to be very similar. [18]
Pristiq (desvenlafaxine) – an antidepressant of the SNRI class; Prolixin (fluphenazine) – typical antipsychotic; Provigil - used to treat excessive sleepiness and narcolepsy; Prozac – an antidepressant of the SSRI class; Luminal (phenobarbital) – a barbiturate with sedative and hypnotic properties
This is a complete list of clinically approved prescription antidepressants throughout the world, as well as clinically approved prescription drugs used to augment antidepressants or mood stabilizers, by pharmacological and/or structural classification.
Health care giant Pfizer released a press statement Thursday announcing that its drug for major depressive disorder (MDD), Pristiq, successfully hit its endpoints in a phase 4 clinical trial. The ...
The differential diagnosis (and management) of depression in young populations requires considerable care and experience; for example, apparent depression in teenagers may later transpire to represent a prodromal phase of schizophrenia. [6] The ability to work, familial relationships, social integration, and self-care are all severely disrupted ...
During this time development of distinctively different antidepressant agents was also researched. Imipramine became the first clinically useful tricyclic antidepressant (TCA). Imipramine was found to affect numerous neurotransmitter systems and to block the reuptake of norepinephrine and serotonin from the synapse , therefore increasing the ...
In patients under the age of 65, 71% of patients were prescribed an atypical antipsychotic to treat Schizophrenia or Bipolar Disorder where this dropped to 38% in patients aged 65 or above. [46] Despite the name "antipsychotics", the drugs are commonly used for a variety of conditions that do not involve psychosis. Some healthcare professionals ...
Venlafaxine, sold under the brand name Effexor among others, is an antidepressant medication of the serotonin–norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI) class. [6] [9] It is used to treat major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, and social anxiety disorder. [9]