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2. Switching Antidepressants: Safety, Side Effects & Other ... - AOL

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   Some side effects, such as weight gain, occur more frequently with certain types of antidepressant medication. Switching to a new type of antidepressant may help reverse any weight gain you’ve ...

3. Escitalopram (Lexapro): Everything You Need to Know Before ...

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   Weight gain. In general, large-scale studies do tend to show that long-term use of antidepressants is associated with weight gain side effects. However, study data on escitalopram and weight ...

4. Lexapro: Everything You Need to Know About Its Side Effects - AOL

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   So Lexapro 20 mg side effects are the same as the side effects of 10 mg of Lexapro, but the 20 mg dose may have increased effects. But there’s no need for alarm.

5. Management of depression - Wikipedia

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   Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), such as sertraline (Zoloft, Lustral), escitalopram (Lexapro, Cipralex), fluoxetine (Prozac), paroxetine (Seroxat), and citalopram, are the primary medications considered, due to their relatively mild side effects and broad effect on the symptoms of depression and anxiety, as well as reduced risk ...

6. Noradrenergic and specific serotonergic antidepressant

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   Noradrenergic and specific serotonergic antidepressants (NaSSAs) are a class of psychiatric drugs used primarily as antidepressants. [1] They act by antagonizing the α 2 -adrenergic receptor and certain serotonin receptors such as 5-HT 2A and 5-HT 2C , [ 1 ] but also 5-HT 3 , [ 1 ] 5-HT 6 , and/or 5-HT 7 in some cases.

7. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor - Wikipedia

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   Further, they have fewer and milder side effects. Tricyclic antidepressants also have a higher risk of serious cardiovascular side effects, which SSRIs lack. SSRIs act on signal pathways such as cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) on the postsynaptic neuronal cell, which leads to the release of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). BDNF ...

8. Can Lexapro Cause Weight Loss? What to Know - AOL

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   Although Lexapro and other SSRIs are usually less likely to cause side effects than monoamine oxidase inhibitors, tricyclic antidepressants and other older drugs, they can still potentially cause ...

9. What Doctors Want You to Know About Lexapro and Weight Gain - AOL

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   One study of SSRI side effects in 100 people found that 49% gained weight on Zoloft and 37.5% gained weight on Prozac (while 41% gained weight on Lexapro). How to avoid gaining weight on an ...