Classes of antidepressants |
Examples |
A. Major classes of antidepressants |
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Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) |
Citalopram, escitalopram, fluoxetine, fluvoxamine, paroxetine, sertraline |
Serotonin‐noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) |
Duloxetine, venlafaxine, desvenlafaxine, milnacipran, levomilnacipran |
Noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors (NARIs) |
Reboxetine |
Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) and related |
Amitriptyline, clomipramine, dosulepine, doxepine, imipramine, nortriptyline, maprotiline |
Noradrenaline‐dopamine reuptake inhibitors (NDRIs) |
Bupropion |
Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) |
Fenelzine, moclobemide, tranylpromine |
B. Other drugs used to treat depression |
Melatonergic antidepressants |
Agomelatine |
Noradrenergic and specific serotonergic antidepressant (NaSSA) and related drugs |
Mirtazepine, mianserin |
Serotonin antagonist and reuptake inhibitors (SARIs) |
Trazodone |
Multimodal serotonin reuptake inhibitor and receptor blocker |
Vortioxetine, vilazodone |
Hypericum perforatum (St John's Wort) |
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