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Mental Health

Medication Therapies for Depression

Medication as treatment for depression:

Newer antidepressant medications have become available, and more are being developed for the treatment of depression. The effectiveness of these drugs depends on general health, weight, metabolism, and other characteristics unique to that patient.

Generally, antidepressant drugs become fully effective within three to six weeks after a person begins taking them. Physicians generally prescribe one of four major types of medication used to treat depression:

Consult your physician for more specific information concerning medication for the treatment of depression.


This page was last updated on: May 30, 2006.

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