This story was reviewed by Daniel Z. Lieberman, MD. Maybe you’re neck-deep in a two-week funk you just can’t seem to shake, or perhaps you’ve been struggling with severe depression for years. No ...

Purpose: The pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, efficacy, safety, drug interactions, dosage and administration, cost, and place in therapy of duloxetine for major depression, pain from diabetic ...

Doctors have several ways to treat depression, including counseling and medications. The most widely prescribed medicines are ...

Neuroscientists recently identified molecular mechanisms in the brain that may explain why the active ingredient (fluoxetine) in selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) sold under brand names ...

Months of trial and error, as well as adverse side effects, in an effort to find the right antidepressant may soon be a thing of the past for those with major depressive disorder, with a novel ...

Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors work by boosting your serotonin levels. Serotonin, a brain messenger that you might know as the "happy hormone" ...