Antidepressants

Coming soon pending updates and links to manufacturer's sites.

This list is for information only. Only your doctor can recommend and prescribe medications. Additionally, available medications vary from country to country. In most cases I have given the U.S. brand name only. In many cases, the drug is used off-label for treating bipolar disorder.

Tricyclic (Heterocyclic) ADs

Generic US Brand Names Manufacturer Links Amineptine Survector® see FDA Amitriptyline Elavil® AstraZeneca Amoxapine Asendin® Lederle: see FDA Clomipramine Anafranil® Novartis Desipramine Norpramin® Hoechst Marion Roussel (Avantis) Doxepin Sinequan® Pfizer Imipramine Tofranil® Novartis Maprotiline Ludiomil® Novartis Mianserin Tolvon® Organon Nortriptyline Pamelor® Novartis Opipramol Insidon® Novartis Protriptyline Vivactil© Merck Trimipramine Surmontil® Wyeth Zaleplon Sonata® Wyeth

Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors (MAOIs)

Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors (MAOIs) Generic Brand Name Manufacturer isocarboxazid Marplan® Oxford Pharmaceuticals phenelzine Nardil® Pfizer tranylcypromine Parnate® GlaxoSmithKline selegiline Eldepryl® Somerset

Reversible Inhibitors of Monoamine Oxidase type A (RIMAs) Generic Brand Name Manufacturer befloxatone Bristol-Myers Squibb brofaromine Consonar® Ciba-Geigy moclobemide Manerix® Roche

Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs)

Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) Generic Brand Name Manufacturer Citalopram Celexa Forest Escitalopram Lexapro™ Forest Fluoxetine Prozac® Lilly Fluvoxamine Luvox® Solvay Paroxetine Paxil® GlaxoSmithKline Reboxetine Edronax™ Pharmacia Sertraline Zoloft® Pfizer

Aminoketone, similar side effects to SSRIs Generic Brand Name Manufacturer Bupropion Wellbutrin SR® GlaxoSmithKline

Newer Classes of Antidepressants

Serotonin and Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors (SNRIs) Generic Brand Name Manufacturer Duloxetine Cymbalta Lilly, see FDA sibutramine Meridia Abbott Venlafaxine Effexor® XR Wyeth Viloxazine Vivalan Astrazenec

Serotonin-2 Antagonism/Reuptake Inhibitors Generic Brand Name Manufacturer Nefazodone Serzone® Bristol-Myers Squibb Trazodone Deseryl Apothecon

(NaSSAs) Generic Brand Name Manufacturer Mirtazapine Remeron® Organon Mirtazapine RemeronSolTab® Organon

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Modified August 16, 2003.