QUICK POST: Treating depression can be hit or miss August 9, 2009
Posted by benkaziebenkazie in depression.Tags: depression, disease causation, disease prevention, disease treatment, doctors, drug use, emotional health, health, health news, MAO, news, research, SSRI
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Doctors have more than 20 medications to choose from. But finding the right one is a process of trial and error. Although doctors have all of these medications to choose from when prescribing a treatment for depression, there’s still little way to know which drug will work for a particular person. Many people need to try two or three drugs or drug combinations before experiencing relief. Some go through six or more.
Patients have finally come to recognize depression as a treatable illness with an underlying biological cause rather than misconstruing it as a sign of weakness. Doctors are able to help more people than ever with depression simply because more people are coming to their offices for treatment. One might expect that this increase in patients would lead to a new sophistication in choosing which drug might work for a particular patient. That’s not the case.
SSRIs
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Celexa (citalopram)
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Lexapro (escitalopram oxalate)
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Luvox (fluvoxamine)
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Paxil (paroxetine)
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Prozac (fluoxetine)
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Zoloft (sertraline)
SNRIs
MAOIs
Tricyclics
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Adapin (doxepin)
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Anafranil (clomipramine)
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Elavil (amitriptyline)
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Endep (amitriptyline)
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Ludiomil (maprotiline)
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Norpramin (desipramine)
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Pamelor (nortryptyline)
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Pertofrane (desipramine)
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Sinequan (doxepin)
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Surmontil (trimipramine)
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Tofranil (imipramine)
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Vivactil (protriptyline)
Others
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Buspar (buspirone)
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Desyrel (trazodone)
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Edronax, Vestra (reboxetine)
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Remeron (mirtazapine)
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Serzone ( nefazodone)
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Wellbutrin (bupropion)
Treating depression can be hit or miss – http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-depression-drug-choice3-2009aug03,0,5221220.story
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