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Pharmacology Of Antidepressants. Usually antidepressants are given in combination with some form of limited supportive psychotherapy. Side effects of ssris may include nausea vomiting diarrhoea sexual dysfunction headache weight gain anxiety dizziness dry mouth and insomnia. Antidepressant drugs are the mainstay for the treatment of depression. Intense feelings of sadness hopelessness and despair inability to experience pleasure in usual pleasurable activities change in sleep patterns suicidal thoughts mania is characterized by.
Antidepressant drugs are the mainstay for the treatment of depression. For mild depression psychotherapy alone may be of use. The pharmacology of antidepressants is not entirely clear. Antidepressants pharmacology 1. The earliest and probably most widely accepted scientific theory of antidepressant action is the monoamine hypothesis which states that depression is due to an imbalance of the monoamine neurotransmitters. Ssris are the most commonly prescribed class of antidepressants.
The earliest and probably most widely accepted scientific theory of antidepressant action is the monoamine hypothesis which states that depression is due to an imbalance of the monoamine neurotransmitters.
Usually antidepressants are given in combination with some form of limited supportive psychotherapy. Side effects of ssris may include nausea vomiting diarrhoea sexual dysfunction headache weight gain anxiety dizziness dry mouth and insomnia. Usually antidepressants are given in combination with some form of limited supportive psychotherapy. Enthusiasm rapid thought and speech pattern extreme self confidence and impaired judgment. Tricyclic antidepressants monoamine oxidase inhibitors second generation antidepressants including the selective inhibitors of serotonin reuptake and novel drugs such as mirtazapine nefazodone and venlafaxine. This review covers mechanisms of action efficacy side effects and toxicity of various classes of antidepressants.