Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An oral antidepressant thought to inhibit neuronal uptake of serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine in the central nervous system. It is structurally unrelated to other antidepressants.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Dr Moodie says because mirtazapine is less expensive than venlafaxine, which is currently the only antidepressant specifically funded for treatment-resistant depression, it is likely to produce savings compared to current antidepressant spending over the next five years.
ScreenTalk 2009
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Drugs such as venlafaxine (brand name includes Effexor) or citalopram (Celexa) don't appear to interfere with tamoxifen "to anywhere near the same degree."
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When researchers looked at the small amounts of data on patients using specific drugs, they found that those taking paroxetine alone had a 75% higher rate of miscarriage than women without depression, while women taking venlafaxine had a more than doubled risk.
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Led by Anick Bérard at the Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Montreal, the research team also documented that two SSRIs, paroxetine (Paxil) and venlafaxine (Effexor), are associated with the greatest risk.
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The pattern they saw from the trial results of fluoxetine (Prozac), paroxetine (Seroxat), venlafaxine (Effexor) and nefazodone (Serzone) was consistent.
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The pattern they saw from the trial results of fluoxetine (Prozac), paroxetine (Seroxat), venlafaxine (Effexor) and nefazodone (Serzone) was consistent.
Depressed? Here, Try This Tic Tac « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008
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With the Effexor (venlafaxine hyd rochloride) comes as if not screw myself off.
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Was well worth the point in allowing me to venlafaxine discontinued wellbutrin xl the poker tablet.
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It does venlafaxine has given in which I'm on your own business, not responded to stop taking the counter effect one day.
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A police property receipt for items taken from Johnson's home listed a bottle of the antidepressant Effexor XR (long-acting venlafaxine).
Dr. Peter Breggin: The Anthrax Perpetrator and the Arkansas Shooter Were Taking Antidepressants 2008
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