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Non SSRI anit-D medications. Are there any?
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<blockquote data-quote="Sara PA" data-source="post: 50118" data-attributes="member: 1498"><p>Effexor and Cymbalta are combination SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) and SNRI* (selective norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor) drugs. Strattera is an SNRI antidepressant.</p><p></p><p>SSRI and the SSRI-related drugs are, generally speaking, the least effective antidepressants but they gained popularity because they are thought to have a better side effect profile. The most common ones that people complained about with the older ones were things like dry mouth which SSRIs don't have however <em>all</em> antidepressants have a risk of suicidality. And there's the real reason that the tricyclics lost favor: a patient can kill himself with an overdose of the tricyclics but it's far, far harder to do that with the SSRI/SSRI-related antidepressants.</p><p></p><p>I took a tricyclic for two years a few decades ago. Not only did my depression alliviate, I lost all interest in alcohol. Neither ever really came back. </p><p></p><p>ETA: *FWIW, Cymbalta and Effexor began labeling themselves "SNRI" after the SSRIs started getting publicity about causing suicidality in children and adolescents a few years ago. Up until that time SNRI meant selective norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor. However their manufacturers use it to mean serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor. Confusing, isn't it?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sara PA, post: 50118, member: 1498"] Effexor and Cymbalta are combination SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) and SNRI* (selective norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor) drugs. Strattera is an SNRI antidepressant. SSRI and the SSRI-related drugs are, generally speaking, the least effective antidepressants but they gained popularity because they are thought to have a better side effect profile. The most common ones that people complained about with the older ones were things like dry mouth which SSRIs don't have however [i]all[/i] antidepressants have a risk of suicidality. And there's the real reason that the tricyclics lost favor: a patient can kill himself with an overdose of the tricyclics but it's far, far harder to do that with the SSRI/SSRI-related antidepressants. I took a tricyclic for two years a few decades ago. Not only did my depression alliviate, I lost all interest in alcohol. Neither ever really came back. ETA: *FWIW, Cymbalta and Effexor began labeling themselves "SNRI" after the SSRIs started getting publicity about causing suicidality in children and adolescents a few years ago. Up until that time SNRI meant selective norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor. However their manufacturers use it to mean serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor. Confusing, isn't it? [/QUOTE]
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