How to Use antidepressant in a Sentence

antidepressant

1 of 2 adjective

• The risk of suicide is the greatest during the first month of antidepressant treatment.
  — Dr. Yalda Safai, ABC News, 13 Apr. 2021
• Prior studies of the last 15 years have found that the drug might have antidepressant effects.
  — Kristen Rogers, CNN, 30 July 2020
• So when antidepressant use fell, the number of visits fell.
  — Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 9 July 2011
• For years, middle-aged women have had some of the country’s highest rates of antidepressant use.
  — Andrea Petersen, WSJ, 2 Apr. 2022
• That colossal figure is the value of the global antidepressant market.
  — Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2022
• The drug at the heart of the story was derived from a popular antidepressant drug and approved as a treatment for stress fractures suffered by runners and triathletes.
  — Star Tribune, 8 Oct. 2020
• The exam also turned up toxic levels of methamphetamine and the antidepressant Trazodone.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 3 Oct. 2022
• The test is supposed to measure depression in rats that are forced to swim in water, and it has been traditionally used to test antidepressant drugs.
  — Jude Zhu, Billboard, 4 Apr. 2022
• One study found that icy temps help release endorphins, which could have an antidepressant effect.
  — Stephanie Dolgoff, Good Housekeeping, 9 Nov. 2022
• The research on ketamine, primarily used in the past as a horse tranquilizer, is the furthest along, and has been proven as an antidepressant treatment.
  — Ronit Molko, Forbes, 19 May 2022
• The fact that the antidepressant effect is so much larger than in facial feedback experiments is not cause for concern, Krüger says.
  — Cathleen O’Grady, Science | AAAS, 24 June 2021
• But research on ketamine’s antidepressant effects has only taken off in the last couple decades.
  — Raleigh McElvery, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 May 2022
• For example, a study in Germany concluded that just living within 100 meters of a tree has the ability to reduce the need for antidepressant drugs.
  — Dan Lambe, Treehugger, 24 May 2023
• Other research has showed a massive increase in antidepressant use among youths who were exposed to local school shootings.
  — Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2021
• Kombucha is packed with probiotics and the live microorganisms appear to have antidepressant effects.
  — Jodi Helmer, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2022
• In addition, some of the alkaloids in red kratom can also increase serotonin and dopamine levels in the brain, providing antidepressant effects.
  — Dallas News, 10 Nov. 2022
• Some adolescents are unable to start DBT without a medication, like an antidepressant or anti-anxiety drug, to calm the brain enough for treatment to take hold.
  — Matt Richtel, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2022
• One 13-year-old rising eighth grader in Colorado currently takes the antidepressant Paxil and the stimulant Adderall.
  — New York Times, 9 July 2022
• When British researchers compared two psilocybin treatments to a daily regimen of the antidepressant Lexapro, the psychedelic worked just as well.
  — Meryl Davids Landau, Good Housekeeping, 10 June 2021
• The antidepressant Paxil was linked to suicidal thoughts in adolescents (this link is still controversial).
  — Matthew Herper, STAT, 3 Nov. 2022
• The Brooklyn resident, who is in her thirties, was taking the antidepressant bupropion, marketed as Wellbutrin, as well as Xanax as needed.
  — Kat Eschner, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2022
• In one round of the trial, the researchers found promising evidence that an antidepressant drug called fluvoxamine reduced the need for hospitalization by one-third.
  — New York Times, 30 Mar. 2022
• Still, while most antidepressant dosages for pain management are too low to fully treat depressive symptoms, there may be some overlapping effects.
  — Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 1 Mar. 2023
• Some studies suggest that CBD may have antidepressant effects by regulating serotonin levels in the brain.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 26 June 2023
• Anna — who was hospitalized and put on antidepressant medication — is now home, going to therapy and in a much better place.
  — Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2021
• Each person had experienced at least two depressive episodes or had been on antidepressant medication for two years or more.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 30 Sep. 2021
• Ayahuasca: The hallucinogenic contains a mix of different plants found in the Amazon and has strong psychoactive effects that have been shown to have antidepressant and anti-addictive effects.
  — Jodi Helmer, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2022
• The rapid antidepressant effect of the Sage drug, called zuranolone, is a novel feature that differentiates it from currently available drugs that are slower acting and might be taken for months, if not longer, Sage said.
  — Adam Feuerstein, STAT, 18 Feb. 2022
• In a new study published this week in the open-access journal Ecosphere, crayfish exposed to low levels of the antidepressant citalopram, also known as Celexa, altered their behavior and became more bold and adventurous.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 June 2021
• Psychotherapy has been found to be just as effective in treating depression, and, when combined with antidepressant use, often works better than taking meds alone.
  — Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2022

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antidepressant

2 of 2 noun

• About half took the antidepressant at home for 10 days, the rest got dummy pills.
  — NBC News, 27 Oct. 2021
• But the risks that come with the trip are an obstacle to using the drugs as antidepressants.
  — Bycathleen O’Grady, science.org, 5 June 2023
• Then came the discovery of the first chemical antidepressant, imipramine, in the 1950s.
  — Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2022
• As such, the rapid antidepressant increases serotonin in other parts of the brain.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 23 Nov. 2022
• The highest antidepressant use was in moms who had parents or in-laws who were older, in poor health or living far away, the study showed.
  — Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 16 Feb. 2024
• The rapid antidepressant begins working in just two hours.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 23 Nov. 2022
• The office identified the drugs as fentanyl and the antidepressant trazodone.
  — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Feb. 2024
• More than one in 10 people in the United States take antidepressants, and at least 8.6 million people in England take them.
  — Kristen Rogers, CNN, 21 Mar. 2024
• Though ketamine has been used in healthcare since the 1960s, research on its antidepressant effects has increased only in the last few decades.
  — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 May 2023
• For at least the last 15 years, studies have been trying to put a finger on how, exactly, treatment with Botox might work as an antidepressant.
  — Molly Longman, refinery29.com, 16 Mar. 2022
• Long gone are the days when health plans and PBMs had to worry about the launch of a new cholesterol pill or prescription antidepressant that would cost $4 each and be taken by millions of Americans.
  — Bruce Japsen, Forbes, 3 May 2022
• Guilty for getting away not just without harm, but with a discipline that serves as an antidepressant and still carries me through hard times today.
  — Blair Glaser, Longreads, 25 Aug. 2022
• However, the study didn't find much of a difference in dementia rates among those who took antidepressants.
  — Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 24 July 2023
• The history of antidepressants Most antidepressants aim for the same target: the monoamine system.
  — Sonya Collins, Fortune Well, 4 Nov. 2023
• The next stage in research will be testing the use of ketamine, a drug typically used as an anesthetic, as an antidepressant.
  — al, 2 Feb. 2023
• Wells’s doctors offered her painkillers and put her on an antidepressant, hoping that the former would mask her symptoms and the latter would treat whatever was wrong with her mind.
  — Hannah Zeavin, The New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2023
• The endorphins act as a mild pain reliever, whereas the serotonin is an antidepressant.
  — Cindy Gordon, Forbes, 14 Aug. 2022
• When used off-label, amitriptyline is started at a lower dose than when it is used as an antidepressant—typically at a dose of 10 mg or 20 mg per day.
  — Verywell Health, 14 Feb. 2023
• The fast-acting, temporary nature of the drug stands in contrast to standard-of-care antidepressants that might otherwise be prescribed.
  — Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 29 Nov. 2023
• Vaccines, including the Covid-19 shots, antidepressants and psychotropic medicines could be at risk, some said.
  — Jen Christensen, CNN, 14 Apr. 2023
• Pounding the pavement could be more effective than antidepressants, a recent study found.
  — Fox News Staff, Fox News, 11 Oct. 2023
• Pop an ibuprofen or an antidepressant, and those levels will spike as the drug quickly passes through your gastrointestinal tract.
  — WIRED, 26 June 2023
• Casiano said her doctor prescribed her with antidepressants, but nothing else.
  — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 19 July 2023
• Viagra and Cialis), and even some antidepressants could have one side effect in common: excess sweating.
  — Cassie Shortsleeve, Men's Health, 28 Aug. 2023
• However, this new rapid antidepressant could change that.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 23 Nov. 2022
• Some people also use tongkat ali as an antidepressant, since it has been shown to help regulate mood and reduce symptoms of depression.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2022
• Taking the opioid oxycodone at the same time as certain antidepressants can also be dangerous.
  — Macarius Mwinisungee Donneyong, Fortune Well, 21 Apr. 2023
• The same argument has been made about antidepressants, which also work for many people for largely unknown reasons.
  — Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2023
• Of note, 5-HTP is known to cause a dangerous condition called serotonin syndrome when taken with antidepressants.
  — Sarah Anzlovar, Ms, Verywell Health, 8 May 2023
• Gil was taking the antidepressant trazodone, medical records show.
  — Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2022

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