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. 2019 Jul;25(7):10.18553/jmcp.2019.25.7.823. doi: 10.18553/jmcp.2019.25.7.823

TABLE 2.

Most Common Depression Therapies Among the Matched TRD and Non-TRD Cohorts, Stratified by Line of Therapy

TRD Non-TRD
First Line Second Line Third Line First Line Second Line
Most common therapies, by drug class, n (%)
  SSRI 656 (82.0) 495 (61.9) 449 (56.1) 623 (77.9) 526 (65.8)
  SNRI 41 (5.1) 175 (21.9) 251 (31.4) 54 (6.8) 155 (19.4)
  Dopamine reuptake blocker 88 (11.0) 231 (28.9) 289 (36.1) 101 (12.6) 265 (33.1)
  Tetracyclic 10 (1.2) 21 (2.6) 42 (5.3) 16 (2.0) 19 (2.4)
  Antipsychotic 0 (0.0) 55 (6.9) 112 (14.0) 0 (0.0) 27 (3.4)
  Other 6 (0.7) 35 (4.4) 57 (7.1) 6 (0.8) 27 (3.4)
Top 10 most common therapies, by drug, n (%)
  Citalopram (SSRI) 187 (23.4) 65 (8.1) 35 (4.4) 196 (24.5) 67 (8.4)
  Sertraline (SSRI) 169 (21.1) 78 (9.8) 38 (4.8) 162 (20.3) 95 (11.9)
  Escitalopram (SSRI) 148 (18.5) 75 (9.4) 54 (6.8) 144 (18.0) 68 (8.5)
  Fluoxetine (SSRI) 119 (14.9) 56 (7.0) 45 (5.6) 90 (11.3) 67 (8.4)
  Bupropion (dopamine reuptake blocker) 88 (11.0) 98 (12.3) 67 (8.4) 101 (12.6) 102 (12.8)
  Paroxetine (SSRI) 30 (3.8) 31 (3.9)
  Venlafaxine (SNRI) 21 (2.6) 76 (9.5) 55 (6.9) 26 (3.3) 62 (7.8)
  Duloxetine (SNRI) 13 (1.6) 49 (6.1) 41 (5.1) 18 (2.3) 43 (5.4)
  Mirtazapine (tetracyclic) 10 (1.3) 16 (2.0)
  Desvenlafaxine (SNRI) 7 (0.9) 10 (1.3)
  Bupropion + sertraline (dopamine reuptake blocker + SSRI) 36 (4.5) 27 (3.4) 36 (4.5)
  Bupropion + citalopram (dopamine reuptake blocker + SSRI) 27 (3.4) 35 (4.4)
  Bupropion + escitalopram (dopamine reuptake blocker + SSRI) 26 (3.3) 28 (3.5) 38 (4.8)
  Bupropion + fluoxetine (dopamine reuptake blocker + SSRI) 29 (3.6)

Note: Percentages do not sum to 100%.

SNRI = serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor; SSRI = selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor; TRD = treatment-resistant depression.