Initiating antidepressant therapy? Try these 2 drugs first.
Year: 2009
Type: article
Abstract: When you initiate antidepressant therapy for patients who have not been treated for depression previously, select either sertraline or escitalopram. A large meta-analysis found these medications to be superior to other "new-generation" antidepressants.
Source: Europe PMC (PubMed Central)
Authors: Gail Patrick, Gene Combs, Thomas Gavagan
Institution: University of Chicago
Language: English
Subfield: Pharmacology (medical)
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1803038471