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Antidepressants
What are Antidepressants?
Antidepressants are medicine for depressed peoples. Most people who take antidepressant medicine feel better after treatment.
How Antidepressants Work?
In antidepressants some chemical in brain are removed. These chemicals are also called as neurotransmitters. These are needed for brain function. Antidepressant treatment is given to patient for 4 to 6 month. In some cases it requires for longer time.
Types of Antidepressants
- Tricyclic Drug
Tricyclic drug is available in 1950 and still commonly in used to treat depression. It is also known as TCA. Tricyclic is the first treatment for major depression. In this treatment level of serotonin and norepinephrine is raised in the brain by showing the rate of reuptake, or reabsorption, by nerve cells. Tricyclic drug takes several weeks for better result.
Commonly used Tricyclic antidepressant medicine is as follows
- amitriptyline
- desipramine
- imipramine
- nortriptyline
Side Effects of Tricyclic Drug Antidepressant Medicine
- Dry mouth
- Constipation
- Bladder Problem
- Sexual Problem
- Blurried Vision
- Dizziness
- Drowsiness as a daytime problem
- Increased Heart rate
- Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs)
This is one of the major types of antidepressants medicine. SSRIs found in 1980’s and most commonly in use. This medicine has fewer side effects than other antidepressants medicine. It is also less sedative than other medicine.
Imbalance of certain neurotransmitters is one of the main cause of depression. SSRis works by regulate the neurochemical serotonin. This type of antidepressants medicine uses the reduced amount of serotonin that it has at the time.
Commonly used SSRIs antidepressant medicine is as follows
- citalopram
- escitalopram
- fluoxetine
- paroxetine
- sertraline
Side Effects of SSRIs Drug Antidepressant Medicine
- Dry mouth
- Nausea
- Nervousness
- Insomnia
- Sexual problems
- Headache
- Monamine Oxidase Inhibitors (MAOIs)
This type of antidepressants medicine is less used than other medicine. These MAOIs is suit to small number of people. In Monamine oridase inhibitors there is restriction on food where as in other treatment no restriction on food.
This medicine is interacting with other medicine. Interaction with other medicine can cause dangerous elevations in blood pressure or other potentially life-threatening reactions.
Commonly used Monamine oxidase inhibitors antidepressant medicine is as follows
- Isocarboxazid
- Phenelzine
- Tranlcypromine
Side Effects of Monamine oxidase inhibitors Drug Antidepressant Medicine
- Weakness
- Dizziness
- Headaches
- Trembling
- Norepinephrine and Dopamine Reuptake Inhibitors (NDRIs)
Commonly used Norepinephrine and dopamine reuptake inhibitors (NDRIs) are bupropion.
Side Effects of NDRIs Antidepressant Medicine
- Agitation
- Nausea
- Headache
- Loss of appetite
- Insomnia
NDRIs also cause increase blood pressure in some people.
- Combined Reuptake Inhibitors and Receptor Blockers
Commonly used combined reuptake inhibitors and receptor blockers medicine is asfollows
- Trazodone
- Nefazodone
- Maprotiline
- Mirtazpine
Side Effects of Combined reuptake inhibitors and receptor blockers Medicine
- Drowsiness
- Dry mouth
- Nause
- Dizziness
Benefits from Antidepressants Medicine.
Antidepressants medicine remove 85% symptom of depression. For example, it improves energy level, reduce feeling of hopelessness and thoughts of death, and restore motivation etc. Antidepressants medicine takes 2 to 4 weeks to start working.
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