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Common side effects of antidepressant switching or discontinuation include: Returning symptoms of depression. Suicidal thoughts. Serotonin syndrome. Irritability. Flu-like symptoms. Dizziness.
Switching From Zoloft to Prozac: Final Thoughts. Thinking about swapping out your current medication for a new antidepressant is a big decision — but you don’t have to do it alone. With the ...
If you currently use an SSRI, you’re not alone — SSRIs and other antidepressants are so common that between 2015 and 2018, over 13 percent of adults used an antidepressant. There’s no shame ...
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. Chemical/generic names are listed first, with brand names in parentheses.
[83] [85] [86] Higher doses of antidepressants seem to be more likely to produce emotional blunting than lower doses. [83] It can be decreased by reducing dosage, discontinuing the medication, or switching to a different antidepressant that may have less propensity for causing this side effect. [83]
This translates to the 2nd- and 3rd-most-common antidepressants, behind Lexapro (escitalopram), an SSRI. [88] In some studies, SNRIs demonstrated slightly higher antidepressant efficacy than the SSRIs (response rates 63.6% versus 59.3%). [43] However, in one study escitalopram had a superior efficacy profile to venlafaxine. [89]
College students have opportunities to bend or break the rules after leaving home. It can be dangerous for those who take antidepressants but drink and use cannabis.
Cardiovascular toxicity is a concern with antidepressants such as tricyclic antidepressants as well as the irreversible MAOIs; when cardiovascular toxicity is a concern, SSRIs or the reversible MAOIs such as moclobemide are an option as they lack or have a significantly reduced level of cardiovascular toxicity in terms of adverse effect as well ...