iPsychology

Antidepressant

Antidepressants are drugs that are useful in treating depressed patients, These include:

Tricyclic antidepressants ( TCA's )
Second-generation antidepressants
Serotonin-specific reuptake inhibitors ( SSRI's )
Monoamine oxidase ( MAO )

Selecting the Right Antidepressant

Adapin
Amfebutamone
Amitril
Anafranil
Asendin
Aventil
Celexa
Desyrel
Effexor
Elavil
Emitrip
Endep
Enovil
Etrafon
Etrafon-A
Etrafon-Forte
Dohme
Lexapro ( Lexaprotm )
Ludiomil
Luvox
Marplan
Nardil
Norpramine
Pamelor
Parnate
Paxil
Pertofrane
PMS-Levazine
Prozac
Sharpe
Sinequan
SK-Amitriptyline
Surmontil
Tofranil
Trialodine
Vivactil
Wellbutrin
Zoloft
Zonalon
Zyban

Amitriptyline
Amoxapine
Bupropion
Citalopram
Clomipramine
Desipramine
Doxepin
Escitalopram Oxalate
Fluoxetine
Fluvoxamine
Imipramine
Isocarboxazid
Maprotiline
Nortriptyline
Paroxetine
Phenelzine
Protriptylin
Sertraline
Tranylcypromine
Trimipramine
Trazodone
Venlafaxine

Antidepressants should not be used unless the depression is severe and/or other treatments have failed. As with all drugs, the use of antidepressants requires monitoring for side effects. Suicide should be considered a possible side effect of the newer antidepressants.