SSRIs work by blocking the reuptake of serotonin, while SNRIs block the uptake of both serotonin and norepinephrine. SSRIs ...

Antidepressants: the most common prescription medication among cool people like artists, fictional type As, film protagonists and yourself. If you’ve been diagnosed with depression, your healthcare ...

Living with depression or anxiety is not easy. Those who live with it would know that the most common medication prescribed are serotonin reuptake inhibitor or SSRI. However, at times when their ...

Among most ischemic (clot-caused) stroke survivors including those taking anticoagulant medications, use of antidepressants in the SSRI or SNRI class did not increase the risk of hemorrhagic (bleeds) ...

Researchers analysed and then meta-analysed data from two register-based, nationwide cohort studies in Finland (1996-2017) and Sweden (2006-2023) and included 23,206 patients with schizophrenia (mean ...

A new study published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology found that serotonergic antidepressants like SSRIs and SNRIs can decrease psilocybin’s effects, Psychedelic Spotlight reports. Serotonergic ...

Both severe depression and treatment-resistant depression are common. Up to one third of patients do not respond to conventional therapy with antidepressants such as selective serotonin reuptake ...

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A new Cochrane review confirms that antidepressants effectively reduce symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) under trial conditions, although there is limited data on long-term usage. GAD ...

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Esketamine combined with a serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI) for treatment-resistant depression (TRD) was linked to significantly lower rates of several adverse outcomes than ...

Antidepressant medications are safe for most survivors of ischemic stroke (the most common type of stroke), even during the crucial early recovery period, according to a preliminary study to be ...