Posted by jb on March 28, 2001, at 10:11:32
I discovered a very informative article which includes a table indicating the side effects of many Antidepressants, including, in many cases, the pharmacological reasons for the side effect. With the exception of MAOI's, the table seems to be relatively complete. The article can be found at http://pharmacy.orst.edu/dur/news/2_3/2_3.htm
Hope this helps.
By the way, a few observations I was able to make from the table in the article:
(1) Sexual dysfunction side effect - attributable to all SSRI's and any other AD, such as Nardil, which inhibit the reuptake of serotonin.(2) No sexual dysfunction side effect - attributable to drugs which either block 5HT2a post-synapse (that is, do not allow the serotonin messenger to pass it's message along), e.g., Serzone. Also for drugs which exhibit little or no 5HT2 effect, such as Bupropion, venlafaxine, Mirtazapine, and Reboxetin
(3) Weight gain side effect - any drug which acts upon 5HT2c, thereby stimulating appetite. These drugs include Mirtazapine and, I suspect, Nardil, as well.
JB
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