ANTIDEPRESSANTS

norepinephrine and serotonin

Antidepressants somehow interact with the two neurotransmitters, ___________, that regulate mood, arousal, attention, sensory processing, and appetite.

• (SSRIS) SELECTIVE SEROTONIN REUPTAKE INHIBITORS

• (SNRIS) SEROTONIN AND NOREPINEPHRINE REUPTAKE INHIBITORS

• (NDRIS) NOREPINEPHRINE AND DOPAMINE REUPTAKE INHIBITORS

• ATYPICAL ANTIDEPRESSANTS

• TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANTS

• (MAOIS) MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITORS

TYPES OF ANTIDEPRESSANTS

SSRIs

sertraline

citalopram

escitalopram

fluoxetine

vilazodone

fluvoxamine

suffixes: -TALOPRAM, -INE, -ZODONE

4-6

SSRIs may take __________ weeks to take effect

MAOIs and St. john’s Wort

SSRIs should not be combined with

TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT (TCAs)

-TRIPTYLINE, -PRAMINE and amoxapine