Desvenlafaxine, the major active metabolite of venlafaxine (Effexor XR, also from Wyeth), is a potent and selective SNRI. The increase in the effects of these neurotransmitters in the central nervous ...

September 24, 2012 (Phoenix, Arizona) — Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) show greater efficacy than serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) in the treatment of chronic pain related to ...

Among most ischemic (clot-caused) stroke survivors including those taking anticoagulant medications, use of antidepressants in the SSRI or SNRI class did not increase the risk of hemorrhagic (bleeds) ...

(Montreal, June 27, 2002)—People with social anxiety disorder (SAD), also known as social phobia, significantly reduced their fear, anxiety and related symptoms in four or six weeks of treatment with ...

Among older patients with COPD, new use of serotonergic antidepressants was associated with small, but significant, increases in respiratory-related mortality, hospital admissions, and emergency ...

Serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) are a class of antidepressants that block the reuptake of both serotonin and norepinephrine in the body. They are taken to treat depression, ...

In treatment-resistant depression, commonly defined as a lack of response to two or more consecutive treatments during the current depressive episode, the percentage of patients with remission is low ...

A large clinical trial led by researchers at the Universities of Bristol, Exeter, Keele, Manchester and Hull York Medical School, and published in the British Medical Journal has found that a popular ...