EFFEXOR XR
Hospitalized patient, moderately anxious depressed patients, most likely to achieve remission, patients of multiple meds, elderly patients, treatment resistant patients, generalized anxiety disorder patients
WELLBUTRIN SR
Withdrawn, overeating, hypersomnolent, fatigued patients, patients with concentration and attention problems, patients with sexual dysfunction
PROZAC
Patients with minimal anxiety, comorbid bulimia, OCD
ZOLOFT
Elderly patients with mild anxiety, patients on multiple meds, patients with associated panic, post-traumatic stress disorder, OCD
CELEXA
Patients on multiple meds, patients with mild anxiety, least expensive of SSRI’s
PAXIL
Patients with mild anxiety, with irritable bowel syndrome, with associated OCD, panic and social phobia
SERZONE
Patients with significant persistent anxiety, panic attacks, insomnia, sexual dysfunction
REMERON
Patients with weight loss, marked insomnia, moderate-severe anxiety, sexual dysfunction, patients who are treatment-resistant
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