Depression: Medications

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Duloxetine
Drug
10/01/07, Healthwise
You may have thoughts about suicide when you first start taking an antidepressant, especially if you are younger than 24 years old. Your doctor will need to check you at regular visits for at least the first 12 weeks of treatment.
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Escitalopram
Drug
05/18/07, Healthwise
You may have thoughts about suicide when you first start taking an antidepressant, especially if you are younger than 24 years old. Your doctor will need to check you at regular visits for at least the first 12 weeks of treatment.
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Fluoxetine and olanzapine
Drug
10/11/07, Healthwise
You may have thoughts about suicide when you first start taking an antidepressant, especially if you are younger than 24 years old. Your doctor will need to check you at regular visits for at least the first 12 weeks of treatment.
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Tricyclic antidepressants for neck pain
Article
08/24/06, Healthwise
Low doses of tricyclic antidepressant medications relieve pain and cause drowsiness. Higher doses increase the levels of certain brain chemicals that improve your mood.
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Antidepressant medicines used to treat OCD
Article
07/27/06, Healthwise
Antidepressants improve mood by affecting the levels of a chemical messenger in the brain (neurotransmitter) called serotonin.
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Tricyclic antidepressants for chronic pain
Article
02/22/07, Healthwise
Antidepressants increase the levels of certain brain chemicals that improve mood and regulate pain signals. Low doses of antidepressants also relieve pain, although it is not known exactly how.
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Borderline Personality Disorder - Medications
Article
03/26/07, Healthwise
Medicines may be used to try to reduce symptoms of borderline personality disorder, such as impulsive behavior or depression. Often a combination of different medicines may be the best treatment.
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Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors for social anxiety disorder
Article
08/27/07, Healthwise
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) affect brain chemicals (neurotransmitters) and reduce anxiety and depression.
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Serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) for fibromyalgia
Article
10/30/07, Healthwise
SNRIs work to increase the activity of brain chemicals called serotonin and norepinephrine. Doctors do not know exactly how this improves fibromyalgia symptoms.
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Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) for PMS and PMDD
Article
07/07/06, Healthwise
An SSRI affects the brain's use of a chemical messenger (neurotransmitter) called serotonin. This improvement in serotonin use is known to be connected to and to improve physical and emotional PMS symptoms, depression, anxiety,
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