Posts tagged with: antidepressant
Bupropion Hydrochloride
Bupropion Hydrochloride (also known as Wellbutrin, Zyban, Voxra, Budeprion, or Aplenzin; formerly known as amfebutamone) is an antidepressant and smoking cessation aid. Although this particular drug is used to treat depression it is generally used as a aid for people who... [Read more]
Phenelzine
Phenelzine is a psychoactive drug used widely as an antidepressant and anxiolytic / anti-panic agent. It is a member of the monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOI’s) class of drugs. Phenelzine and the other MAOIs are typically considered to be significantly more effective... [Read more]
Venlafaxine
Efexor/Venlafaxine is a serotonin and noradrenaline re-uptake inhibitor (SNRI) it lacks the sedative and antimuscarinic effects of the tricyclic antidepressants and is a relatively new antidepressant used primarily for the treatment of major depression, generalized anxiety... [Read more]
Trazodone
Trazodone is primarily used for the treatment of depression. It is sometimes prescribed as a sedative, and is also used in combination with other drugs for the treatment of panic attacks, aggressive behaviour, agoraphobia, and cocaine withdrawal. This medication belongs... [Read more]
Fluoxetine
Fluoxetine belongs to a relatively new group of drugs called specific serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs) for short. It is used for the treatment of major depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, bulimia nervosa and panic disorder. Medication of this kind and other... [Read more]
Sertraline
Sertraline hydrochloride (Lustral U.K Zoloft U.S.A) has been approved to treat major depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), panic disorder and social phobia (social anxiety disorder).... [Read more]
Paroxetine
Paroxetine (Paxil in USA/Canada) belongs to a class of drugs known as selective seratonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRI’s). An antidepressant, paroxetine is used in the treatment of mild to moderate depression. Most of the time anxiety often accompanies depression. This... [Read more]
Mianserin
Mianserin is a white tablet and has been around for about 11 or 12 years it is most often used to treat severe depression. It helps to increase physical activity, increases appetite, restores interest in everyday activities and lifts the user from moodiness by by preventing... [Read more]
Moclobemide
Moclobemide is the first of a new class of antidepressant known as reversible inhibitors of monoamine oxidase (RIMA). Primarily used to treat major depression and social anxiety disorder it blocks the decomposition of norepinephrine, serotonin and, to a lesser extent, dopamine... [Read more]
How Antidepressant Medication Works
Normally the brain would release sufficient quantities of neurotransmitters to stimulate other cells but as quickly as they are released they are re-absorbed into the brain cells. In depression fewer neurotransmitters are released, the action of tricyclics is to block the... [Read more]
