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EFFEXOR XR

Hospitalized patient, moderately anxious depressed patients, most likely to achieve remission, patients of multiple meds, elderly patients, treatment resistant patients, generalized anxiety disorder patients

WELLBUTRIN SR

Withdrawn, overeating, hypersomnolent, fatigued patients, patients with concentration and attention problems, patients with sexual dysfunction

PROZAC

Patients with minimal anxiety, comorbid bulimia, OCD

ZOLOFT

Elderly patients with mild anxiety, patients on multiple meds, patients with associated panic, post-traumatic stress disorder, OCD

CELEXA

Patients on multiple meds, patients with mild anxiety, least expensive of SSRI’s

PAXIL

Patients with mild anxiety, with irritable bowel syndrome, with associated OCD, panic and social phobia

SERZONE

Patients with significant persistent anxiety, panic attacks, insomnia, sexual dysfunction

REMERON

Patients with weight loss, marked insomnia, moderate-severe anxiety, sexual dysfunction, patients who are treatment-resistant

Depression and the discovery of antidepressants

Antidepressants: Medicine for Depression

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