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What is SSRI?

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.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Problems concentrating 1 1 Efficacy_moderate
Bipolar depressive episodes 1 1 Efficacy_major
Depressed mood 1 0

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 1
None
 0

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with SSRI

Depressed mood 1
Sexual dysfunction 1
Muscle jerks 1
Cognitive decline 1

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking SSRI (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 2   Other: 50%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 25%

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Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Stopped Taking SSRI

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of SSRI

Always
 0 0%
Usually
 1 100%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of SSRI

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 1 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of SSRI

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 0 0%

Report created on February 11, 2012.