Types Of Antidepressants

Question 1

MAOIs

Answer 1

Ipronoazid (discontinued)
Phenelzine (Nardil)
Isocarboxazid (Marplan)
Tranylcypromine (Parnate)
Selegiline (Emsam)
Moclobemide (Amira)

• inhibit minimums oxidase, rarely used due to toxicity and potentially lethal food and drug interactions

Question 2

Tricyclic Antidepressants (TCAs)

Answer 2

Chloripramine (Anafranil)
Imipramine (Tofranil)
Nortriptyline (Aventyl)
Lofepramine (Lomont)
Amitriptyline (Tryptomer)

*Inhibit the reuptake of epinephrine and serotonin
not used often due to potential for fatal overdose

Question 3

Tetracyclic and Unicyclic antidepressants

Answer 3

Bupropion (Wellbutrin)
Mirtazapine (Remeron)
Amoxapine (Asendin)
Maprotiline (Ludiomil)

*Inhibit serotonin & Norepinephrine reuptake.
-bupropion is one of few antidepressants without sexual side effects

Question 4

Serotonin antagonist & Reuptake inhibitors (SARIs)

Answer 4

Trazodone
Etoperidone (Axiomin)
Lorpiprazole (Normarex)
Mepiprazol (Psigodal)
Nefazodone (Serzone)

*Nefazodone can be toxic on the liver and usually not prescribed anymore

Question 5

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)

Answer 5

Fluoxetine (Prozac)
Sertraline (Zoloft)
Citalopram (Celexa)
Paroxetine (Paxil)
Fluvoxamine (Favoring)
Escitalopram (Lexipro)

*Most widely prescribed antidepressant because takes very high doses to be toxic and more mild side effects than other classes