It is one of a class of drugs called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI).
Classified as a norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor, it is not a controlled substance.
It was the single biggest trial of any of the family of anti-depressants known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, undertaken in children.
Therefore, the benefits of the antidepressants -- known as selective serotonin-reuptake inhibitors -- may still outweigh the risks for some women, researchers say.
Anecdotal evidence suggested that venlafaxine, one of a newer class of antidepressants called selective norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors, could alleviate hot flashes, he explained.
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Your doctor may prescribe one of several selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), such as sertraline (Zoloft), paroxetine (Paxil) or fluoxetine (Prozac), to help delay ejaculation.
Scientists believe glutamate is a much more direct target for depression than serotonin, a neurotransmitter affected by selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) drugs like Prozac and Paxil.
So-called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors such as Paxil, Prozac and Zoloft, gained widespread use on the theory that depressed people suffer from a deficit of the brain chemical serotonin.
The chimps were given SSRI (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors), which is a class of anti-depressant similar to Prozac and is used to treat human patients for depression, anxiety disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder.
As for hot flashes and night sweats, the anti-seizure drug gabapentin or certain antidepressants in the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) class may help some women, says Deborah Grady, M.
If you are most distressed by OCD, for example, the best demonstrated treatments are antidepressant medications (and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in particular) and a form of psychotherapy called response extinction.
When we snort cocaine widely considered the most addictive drug on Earth all that really happens is the cocaine causes the brain to release a ton of dopamine and then blocks its reuptake.
Also known as duloxetine, the new medicine is a follow-up to Prozac that works by keeping the brain from reabsorbing serotonin, as most antidepressants do, but also by targeting the reuptake of norepinephrine, which drugs like Prozac ignore.
For some, the illness is a medically treatable imbalance in brain neurochemistry a serotonin deficiency that can be remedied by selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) such as fluoxetine, better known as Prozac, which has been prescribed to more than 35m people worldwide since its launch in 1988.
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