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Celexa is one of the many brand names of citalopram, an antidepressant drug prescribed for the treatment of major depression associated with mood disorders. A member of the family of medications known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), Celexa is also used on occasion in the treatment of body dysmorphic disorder and anxiety.
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An antidepressant of the serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI) class, Venlafaxine, better known by the brand name Effexor, is primarily used to treat major depression, generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, and panic disorder in adults. First introduced by Wyeth in 1993, it posted $2.25 billion in retail sales in 2006, making it the sixth most widely-used brand-name drug and most widely-used brand-name antidepressant for that year.
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Lexapro or escitalopram is an antidepressant licensed by Forest Laboratories in the United States. A selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI), Lexapro is approved for the treatment of major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder. Social anxiety disorder, panic disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder are also some of the other indication for Lexapro.
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Other antidepressants include such brands as Tolvon, Ixel, Savella, Remeron, Avanza, Edronax and Cymbalta.
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Paxil, one of the trade names for the antidepressant paroxetine, is primarily used to treat the symptoms of major depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), social phobia/social anxiety disorder and premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD). Released by GlaxoSmithKline in 1992, Paxil was the first antidepressant formally approved in the United States for the treatment of panic attacks.
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No other antidepressant has been referenced more in popular culture than Prozac, one of the trade names of fluoxetine hydrochloride. An antidepressant of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) class, Prozac is prescribed to patients suffering from major depression (including pediatric depression), obsessive-compulsive disorder (in both adult and pediatric populations), bulimia nervosa, anorexia nervosa, panic disorder and premenstrual dysphoric disorder. It remains to this day one of the best-known antidepressant brands.
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There is a class of antidepressants known as atypical antidepressants, and Wellbutrin is one of them. Wellbutrin, generic name bupropion, is typically prescribed for depression when selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) or tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) do not work or are not able to be used by a patient.
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Sertraline hydrochloride, the generic name of Zoloft, is the most prescribed antidepressant in the U.S. Introduced to the market by Pfizer in 1991, sertraline has been approved for major depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), panic disorder and social phobia (social anxiety disorder).
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Zyban is another brand name for bupropion. It is an atypical antidepressant just like Wellbutrin, but it is marketed by GlaxoSmithKline for another purpose: as a smoking cessation aid, having shown to have dramatically reduced nicotine withdrawal symptoms in smokers.
