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. 2009 Jul;58(7):365-9.

Initiating antidepressant therapy? Try these 2 drugs first

Gail Patrick  1 , Gene Combs, Thomas Gavagan
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Initiating antidepressant therapy? Try these 2 drugs first

Gail Patrick et al. J Fam Pract. 2009 Jul.

Abstract

When you initiate antidepressant therapy for patients who have not been treated for depression previously, select either sertraline or escitalopram. A large meta-analysis found these medications to be superior to other "new-generation" antidepressants.

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