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Most of the weight gain caused by antidepressants is mild, with a 2017 study from Australia finding that high-dosage antidepressant users gain 0.28kg (about 0.6 lbs) per year on average.
Sertraline, sold under the brand name Zoloft among others, is an antidepressant of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) class. [10] The effectiveness of sertraline for depression is similar to that of other antidepressants such as Fluoxetine or Paroxetine.
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 .
The drug has a dibenzobicyclo[2.2.2]octadiene (9,10-dihydro-9,10-ethanoanthracene) ring system; that is, a tricyclic anthracene ring system with an ethylene bridge across the central ring. [ 6 ] [ 5 ] This results in it having a unique three-dimensional central ring (a bicyclo[2.2.2]octane or 1,4-endoethylenecyclohexane ring) and being a ...
More than 13% of U.S. adults use antidepressants—including 18% of women and 8% of men—according to data the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention collected from 2015–18. The COVID-19 ...
Carbamates have anxiolytic, [8] muscle relaxant, [8] anticonvulsant, [9] hypnotic, [8] antihypertensive, [10] and analgesic effects. They have other uses, like muscle tremors, agitation, and alcohol withdrawal. Their muscle relaxant effects are useful for strains, sprains, and muscle injuries combined with rest, physical therapy, and other ...
Three subsequent 2014 systematic reviews that included the Cochrane review in their analysis concluded with similar findings: one indicated that physical exercise is effective as an adjunct treatment with antidepressant medication; [170] the other two indicated that physical exercise has marked antidepressant effects and recommended the ...
There were an estimated 21.4 million antidepressant drugs items prescribed to patients in England between July and September 2022, according to data from the NHS Business Services Authority.