Anything, and especially a drug, used to prevent or treat depression.The available antidepressant drugs include the SSRIs or selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, MAOIs or monoamine oxidase inhibitors, tricyclic antidepressants, tetracyclic antidepressants, and others.Antidepressants should not be used unless the depression is severe and/or othe [..]

Monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI), a potent class of medications used to treat depression. This group of antidepressants have many serious drug interactions, which may limit their use.

A selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI), one of the commonly prescribed drugs for treating depression. SSRIs affect the chemicals that nerves in the brain use to send messages to one another. These chemical messengers, called neurotransmitters, are released by one nerve and taken up by other nerves. Neurotransmitters that are not taken up b [..]

One of a class of medications used to treat depression. The tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) are also used for some forms of anxiety, fibromyalgia, and the control of chronic pain. "Tricyclic" refers to the presence of three rings in the chemical structure of these drugs.

A drug used to treat depression.

1876, from anti- + depressant.

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(n) any of a class of drugs used to treat depression; often have undesirable side effects

A psychiatric drug used to treat mood disorders, such as depression.

An antidepressant is a drug used that is primarily used in the treatment of clinical depression. Antidepressants are said to stimulate the mood of patients through the chemical manipulation of neurotr [..]

therapy that acts to prevent, cure, or alleviate mental depression

a drug prescribed to treat depression; standard tricyclic antidepressants include Tofranil, Imvate, Elavil, Norpramin, and Adapin. Side effects include some sedation, dry mouth, and visual problems. Another type of emotional problem often mistaken for depression is "emotional lability", which is characterized by, for example, sudden laugh [..]

Antidepressants are a class of drug which act to relieve the symptoms of depression by elevating noradrenaline, serotonin and dopamine levels in the body which may be described as the “happy” chemical [..]

Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry Antidepressant: A pharmaceutical used to treat depression. Molecular structure of duloxetine (Cymbalta), a best-selling antidepressant. Related terms: Drug, a [..]

A class of drugs designed to relieve depression in humans; may also be used to help control behavior problems in pets.

A drug used to treat depression.

An agent that stimulates the mood of a depressed patient, including tricyclic antidepressants and monoamine oxidase inhibitors. (18 Nov 1997)

Medication to help relieve the symptoms of depression.