Anti Depressants Drugs | SSRI, SNRI, TCA, MAOi | Medi tutorials

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Antidepressants Drugs

those drug which prevents / reduce depression...

*According to monoamino hypothesis the cause of depression is
decrease level of seratonin, nor adrenaline and dopamine in Brain neurons.
*Actually antidepressants drugs increase the level of these neurotransmitter
in brain neurons.....

Anti Depressants Drug Include:
*Selective serotonin reuptake Inhibitor (SSRI)

Fluoxetine
Paroxetine
Sertraline
Citalopram
Escitalopram


*Tricyclic antidepressant (Prototype drug)

Amitriptyline
Nortriptyline
Protriptyline
Imipramine
Trimipramine
Desipramine
Clomipramine


*Serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI)

Venlafaxine
Desvenlafaxine


*Mono-amino oxidase inhibitor

Selegiline
Rasagilin

*Tetracyclic and unicyclic antidepressant

Mirtazapine
Amoxapine

*5HT antagonist

Trazodone
Nefazodone


*TCA Not use in Young persons and adults because it causes
sexual disturbance in young male and Cardiac arrythmia in adults,
in this cases SSRI is the drug of choice...


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