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. Examples of SSRIs or selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors include: citalo [..]

pi. n. One class of psychotropic drugs usually prescribed for the treatment of depression. Although the exact mechanisms of action remain unclear, antidepressants primarily work by altering levels of [..]

A class of drugs that relieve the symptoms of depression. Major categories include monoamine oxidase inhibitors, tricyclics, and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors.

a name for a category of medications used to treat depression.

Medication used to treat depression. [Click Here to Return to List]

Mood-stimulating Drugs used primarily in the treatment of Affective Disorders and related conditions. Several Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors are useful as antidepressants apparently as a long-term conse [..]

A structurally and mechanistically diverse group of Drugs that are not tricyclics or Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors. The most clinically important appear to act selectively on serotonergic systems, espe [..]

Substances that contain a fused three-ring moiety and are used in the treatment of Depression. These Drugs block the uptake of Norepinephrine and Serotonin into Axon Terminals and may block some subty [..]

medications which are used to treat depression

Antidepressants are specially formulated prescription drugs that are used to treat depression in both adults and children. Certain antidepressants may also help control obsessive-compulsive disorder ( [..]

Prescription therapy government approved to treat depression and anxiety. An example is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI).