Antidepressant Medicines: A Guide for Adults with Depression

摘要

This guide can help you work with your doctor or nurse to choose medicines for depression. It covers: Common medicines for adults with depression; Side effects; Price. This guide is based on a government-funded review of research about the medicines often used to treat adults with depression. The antidepressants are listed in section 9. This guide does not cover: Treatment of depression in children or teens; Postpartum depression (baby blues); Depression that is part of another mental health condition like bipolar disorder (previously called manic-depressive disorder); Older antidepressant medicines like amitriptyline (Elavil(trademark)) and phenelzine (Nardil(trademark)); Other ways to treat depression such as counseling, light therapy, and herbal supplements like St. John's Wort.