Tricyclic antidepressant

Ms. A. is a 28-year-old married executive who reports feeling anxiety and experiencing insomnia. She has been taking over-the-counter (OTC) medication to assist with sleep, but she still appears exhausted. Ms. A.’s symptoms have developed over a period of three months, and were reportedly triggered by her husband traveling out of town for business. She reports feeling irritable, tired, and nervous in a variety of situations. Ms. A. states that she has had a 15-pound weight loss over the past 3…

SSRIs- fluoxetine, sertraline, paroxetine, fluvoxamine and citalopram- were accepted by international regulatory agencies, as they were found to be superior to placebo, and for most cases, of equal efficacy when compared to the older generations of tricyclic…

Bupropion is an antidepressant drug that selectively inhibits the reuptake of norepinephrine and dopamine. Depressed patients who did not respond to the SSRI could use bupropion to improve their symptoms, but the side effects are also presented, especially seizures which are four times higher to occur in bupropion than other antidepressants (1998). Like serotonergic antidepressants, the article (1998) noted that bupropion has been shown to be effective…

prevent future symptoms. As stated in the article “How Antidepressant and Antipsychotic Medications Work”, the antidepressant classes of monoamine…

inhibiting the neuronal uptake of both dopamine and norepinephrine (Stall, Godwin, & Juurlink, 2014). Bupropion is also an antagonist for acetylcholine (Stall et al., 2014). Bupropion is considered a second generation antidepressant (Moreira, 2011). Compared to other antidepressants, bupropion acts as a dopamine and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (Moreira, 2011). Bupropion can be taken in a once daily extended release tablet or an immediate release tablet that is taken three times a day…

The notion that an antidepressant you might take is presumably not any more successful than taking a sugar pill is alarming, especially giving the amount of Americans being treated for depression with these -be cures. A meta-analysis distributed in 2010 in the Journal of the American Medical Association, has uncovered precisely this; Six separate studies were joined into one to investigate the viability of antidepressants, and the outcomes have demonstrated that treating the root causes for…

Mental illness is a widespread problem that has touched the lives of countless Americans. Based in Lexington, NC, Daymark Recovery Services is a recovery facility offering detox and addiction treatment, as well as counseling for mental illness and depression. These experts say while successful mental health treatment often involves a multi-pronged approach, medications can serve as a useful part of the protocol. Below are three types of medications used in mental health treatment:…

SSRI’s and SNRI’s and other types of Antidepressant increase thoughts of Suicide. However, the significance of the findings on suicidal thinking is still vague and uncertain. The lifetime suicide rate of people with major depression is 15%, and depression can also be lethal in other ways. (Harvard Mental Health Letter, 2005) The Elderly According to an article published by Harvard Mental Health Center (2005) SSRIs are safer than tricyclic antidepressants for the elderly because they do not…

5HT1A) (Deckersbach, 2015). The highest affinity for an antagonistic effect lurasidone contains is a distinctive trait and works on the 5HT7 which presents an interesting array of noted therapeutic possibilities. Not only is lurasidone an effective antidepressant and antipsychotic, it also possibly possesses low levels of cognitive enhancing properties (Stahl, 2013). Another advantage of lurasidone is its low histamine and acetylcholine affinities which lessens adverse effects such as weight…

Overview of the Monoaminergic Antidepressants A brief summary of the specific types of monoaminergic antidepressants will follow as it is important to note previous treatments of depression. Tricyclic antidepressants manipulate serotonin, and norepinephrine pathways through reuptake inhibition. These antidepressants are characterized by low levels of tolerability, and are rarely prescribed. Monoamine oxidase a inhibitors (MAOIs) increase synaptic monoamine availability. The issues of MAOIs…