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 ...

Major depressive disorder (MDD) affects approximately 280 million people globally and is one of the leading causes of disability and low quality of life. One in every three people suffering from MDD ...

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) ...

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a severe form of depression characterized by a persistent low mood, hopelessness, ...

SNRI use in late pregnancy was associated with an increased risk for hypertensive disorders compared with SSRIs (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR], 1.80; 95% CI, 1.37-2.35). Venlafaxine specifically showed ...

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 discontinuation actually conferred a slightly lower risk for psychiatric-related hospitalizations by 1.5 years postpartum. Discontinuing antidepressants like selective serotonin ...

According to Our World in Data and prescribing data across Europe, 108 people of every 1,000 take an antidepressant in the UK. That makes the country’s prescribing rates for SSRIs and SNRIs the sixth ...

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Compared with no antidepressant use, there was a significantly reduced risk of non-exudative AMD and exudative AMD with use of SSRIs, SNRIs, or tricyclic antidepressants. Depression and AMD share ...