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Category: Prescription Drugs
The selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) all share the property of blocking the action of the presynaptic serotonin reuptake pump, thereby increasing the amount of serotonin available in the synapse and increasing postsynaptic serotonin receptor occupancy.
| Purpose | # of patients |
# of patients with evaluations
Efficacy
|
Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depressed mood | 1 | 0 |
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Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with SSRI
| Depressed mood | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Sexual dysfunction | 1 | |
| Cognitive decline | 1 |
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other | 2 |
Report created on May 27, 2012.