Newer Antidepressants Not Always Better

New antidepressants might be no more effective than the best existing drugs, according to two new systematic reviews that compared 12 commonly used medications. “Patients are usually encouraged to take the newest medication,” said lead author Andrea Cipriani, M.D., of the University of Verona, in Italy. “But it’s better to have an old treatment that has been proved with many patients and many years in the market.

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Filed under: Depression on May 9th, 2009