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The clinical utility of newer antidepressant agents: Understanding the role in management of MDD

Whereas MDD is characterized in part by changes in mood, other symptoms can also cause significant impairment, including sexual dysfunction, cognitive impairment, and fatigue. Newer antidepressants are explored with the goal of more optimally treating these non–mood-related symptoms of MDD. The 3 or...

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Autor principal: Waters, Kristin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9645287/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36405509
http://dx.doi.org/10.9740/mhc.2022.10.309
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Sumario:Whereas MDD is characterized in part by changes in mood, other symptoms can also cause significant impairment, including sexual dysfunction, cognitive impairment, and fatigue. Newer antidepressants are explored with the goal of more optimally treating these non–mood-related symptoms of MDD. The 3 oral antidepressants that have been FDA-approved most recently include vortioxetine, vilazodone, and levomilnacipran. Unique features of these antidepressants are explored through 3 patient cases.