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Antidepressant is a medication that is used to treat depression. Depression is a mood disorder with symptoms such as sadness and decreased appetite, fatigue, and not enjoying things that used to be fun. Everyone does experience these symptoms at least once in their lives. Depression is diagnosed after you have these symptoms for more than 2 weeks. Antidepressant are the most common choice when treating depression. Antidepressants are also used to treat some other disorders as well. This page will give you information on three antidepressants. Prozac, Zoloft, and Paxil.
Prozac is the best selling antidepressant. The active ingredient in Prozac is Fluoxetine. Prozac is only for adults right now. It's effectiveness on kids has not yet been proven. Prozac blocks serotonin in the brain. This causes people to not feel depressed any more. Prozac is a very effective drug but it does have some side effects. These are:
- upset stomach
- headache
- trouble sleeping
- drowsiness
- anxiety
- nervousness
These side effects usually are mild and are not bad enough to stop over 17 million people from taking Prozac
Paxil is another antidepressant. It's generic name is paroxetine. It like Prozac inhibits serotonin from making someone depressed. Inhibiting serotonin works to cure depression because serotonin is believed to be one of the chemicals that relays brain messages from nerve cell to nerve cell and serotonin is the chemical that works on the nerve cells that give you your mood. Paxil like Prozac has some side effects. These are:
- chills
- neck pain
- ulcers
- increased salvation
These side effects are generally mild. There are other side effects that occur rarely from this drug. for more information go to www.paxil.com.
Another antidepressant is Zoloft. It's generic name is streamline hydrochloride. Zoloft works like the other two antidepressants on the page. In inhibits serotonin to make you feel normal. This happens because by inhibiting serotonin if there is too much will fix your mood. Zoloft has a few side effects. These are:
These side effects are usually very mild and should not stop anyone from taking the medication.
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