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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Nov 18.
Published in final edited form as: Psychosomatics. 2009 Sep–Oct;50(5):500–505. doi: 10.1176/appi.psy.50.5.500

TABLE 2.

Antidepressants Prescribed 3 Months Before Start of Antiviral Therapy

MDD Group
(N=30)
Control Group
(N=25)
N % N %
Antidepressant
 Amitriptyline 1 3% None
 Bupropion 4 13%
 Citalopram 7 23%
 Doxepin 1 3%
 Fluoxetine 4 13%
 Imipramine 1 3%
 Mirtazapine 1 3%
 Nefazodone 1 3%
 Nortriptyline 2 7%
 Paroxetine 4 13%
 Sertraline 3 10%
 Trazodone 17 57%
 Venlafaxine 5 17%

MDD: major depressive disorder; 60% of patients in the MDD group were prescribed more than one antidepressant medication.