Elavil is a popular medicine that is known as a tricyclic antidepressant. It diminishes clues of bulimia (an eating disorder), pathological weeping and laughing (associated with multiple sclerosis), migraine headaches and mental depression.
Antidepressants
Antidepressants help to restore the balance of brain chemicals. When these elements are balanced, the depression recedes.
Already in the first three weeks after starting the medication the patient’s condition starts to improve. However, the result can be seen only in 6-8 weeks. If after three weeks of admission there has been no change, or if you have any questions about the drug, apply to your doctor.
There is a big deal of different antidepressants. If the first drug that you have begun to take, does not give any the result, another drug will definitely help. You may have to change several medications before you find the most effective for you.
If side effects bother you, tell your doctor. There are many ways to get rid of side effects.
At least half of patients undergoing depression experience recurrent episodes. Antidepressants will save you from repeated attacks for at least six months after recovery. If this is not the first episode of depression, your doctor may recommend taking antidepressants for a longer time.
Benefits of antidepressants:
- The absence of side effects
- If your health insurance does not cover the cost of treatment of depression or you do not have depression, you no longer have to bear additional costs
- You do not have to worry about the interaction of antidepressants with other drugs
Remeron
Remeron is a popular drug that has been labeled as a tetracyclic antidepressant. It is given to help relieve symptoms of depression such as loss of interest in activities that you would normally enjoy doing, sleeping problems, loss of appetite, anxiety and feeling low. Your doctor may prescribe this remedy for other purposes.
Tofranil
Tofranil is a popular antidepressant medicine that is known as a tetracyclic antidepressant. It is used to fight against major depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, bulimia, enuresis (inability to control urination) and attention deficit disorder in children.
Are antidepressants effective for severe depression?
Since Kuhn’s paper on imipramine, it has been believed that antidepressants are most effective in severe depression. Many people, who are sceptical of their widespread use for milder cases, maintain that antidepressants are nevertheless effective and necessary in severe depression. It has also been suggested that the reason some studies find little difference between antidepressants and placebo is because they are conducted with people with mild depression, who dilute the antidepressant effect (National Institute for Clinical Excellence 2004).
Aygestin
Norethindrone is known as a form of progesterone, a female hormone. The ingredients of this remedy work by preventing ovulation (the release of an egg from an ovary) and causing changes in the mucus of the cervix and uterine lining, which make it difficult for sperm to penetrate and for an egg to attach to the uterus.
History of the monoamine hypothesis of depression
The monoamine theory of depression is important because it provides a model for the idea that antidepressant drugs act on the biological basis of depressive symptoms. It forms the basis for the modern idea that depression arises from a chemical imbalance.
Evidence for disease-centred action of antidepressants
Evidence about serotonin and noradrenalin levels in people with depression is inconsistent and confusing and most studies fail to control for the effects of potential confounders, such as previous drug treatment. Overall, there is little evidence to suggest that there is a characteristic abnormality in either of these systems that is associated with depression. Depression rating scales contain items that are not specific to depression, including sleeping difficulties, anxiety, agitation and somatic complaints.
Cymbalta
Cymbalta is a famous remedy which has been labeled as noradrenaline and serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SNRI), antidepressant. It diminishes symptoms of fibromyalgia, depression, generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and nerve pain (peripheral neuropathy) in diabetics.
Aventyl
Aventyl is a popular drug that belongs to a tricyclic antidepressant. It diminishes syndromes of depression or chronic pain. Don’t stop treatment with Aventyl earlier than it was prescribed by your doctor even if you notice improvements of your condition.
Sinequan
Sinequan is a popular medication that is known as a tetracyclic antidepressant. It prescribed for the treatment of psychotic depressive disorders, depression, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and anxiety, including clues of fibromyalgia and chronic pain. Sinequan is not approved for use in children under 12.
The monoamine theory of depression
Early formulations of the monoamine theory of depression cited two strands of evidence. One was the effects of antidepressant drugs and the other was the effects of reserpine.
Lexapro
Lexapro is a popular antidepressant medication that is known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI). It decreases syndromes of major anxiety and depression. Your doctor may prescribe this remedy for other purposes.
Antidepressants versus other drugs
Comparisons between so-called antidepressant drugs and other sorts of drugs do not indicate that antidepressants have a specific effect on depression. Many other drugs show superior effects to placebo or equal effects to antidepressants in randomised trials, as shown in Table Randomised trials of other drugs for depression.
Luvox
Fluvoxamine belongs to an antidepressant group of medicines called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). This remedy affects chemicals in the brain that may become unbalanced and cause obsessive-compulsive symptoms.
Effexor xr
Effexor XR is a popular antidepressant medicament that is known as serotonin and noradrenaline reuptake inhibitor (SNRI). It curtails syndromes of panic disorder, depression, social anxiety disorder (social phobia) and generalised anxiety disorder (GAD). Your doctor may prescribe this remedy for other purposes.
Evidence on long-term treatment
The current recommendation is that antidepressants should be continued for 4-6 months after the resolution of an acute episode of depression. This recommendation probably originates with Kuhn’s advice but subsequently several long-term studies appeared to show that people are more likely to relapse after stopping antidepressants compared to if they continue to take them.
Role of the pharmaceutical industry
Subsequent accounts reveal the extent of cooperation between psychiatric researchers and pharmaceutical company personnel in the development of antidepressants. Company scientists were involved in providing new compounds for psychiatrists to try and psychiatrists sometimes suggested leads for companies to follow. Nathan Kline subsequently claimed that the industry was sceptical about the market for antidepressants, and was only persuaded to collaborate in research by his own remonstrations.
Paxil cr
Paxil CR is a popular antidepressant medicine that is known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI). It lessens clues of obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD, premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), fibromyalgia and major depression. Your doctor may prescribe this remedy for other purposes.
Pamelor
Pamelor is a popular medicine that is known as tricyclic antidepressant. It lessens variety of conditions such as mental/mood disorders, chronic hives, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children, depression, bedwetting and premenstrual depression.
Dissemination of the concept of an ‘antidepressant’
The evidence suggests that use of the term ‘antidepressant’ quickly caught on. By 1959 the term was being used routinely in over 100 papers.