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Antidepressants of same group

2020-10-15 17:57:57
There are many ssri and snri. My doc gave me 3 ssri without much improvement. Now He is giving 2nd snri. What is the need? Doc say that meds have same effect  in same grp, it's just the side effects which is different. Help plz
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There are steps to follow in treatment of any disease according to guidelines. SSRI and SNRI are different groups, with different mode of action. Few steps for treating depression involves different combinations of medicines , either from same or different groups of medicines.

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