How to Use reuptake in a Sentence

reuptake

noun

• And then, in the late 1980s there’s the arrival of serotonin reuptake inhibitors, known as SSRIs, and their promise to be different from the antidepressants of the past.
  — Maggie Jones, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2018
• These drugs increase the levels of dopamine and norepinephrine in the brain by blocking their reuptake.
  — Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 22 Mar. 2023
• These also work to prevent the reuptake of GABA by neurons, prolonging the effect.
  — Christie Wilcox, Scientific American, 1 May 2017
• Traditional selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors like Prozac can do the same thing, but that process could take months.
  — Rene Chun, Los Angeles Magazine, 19 June 2017
• My mother was taking opiates for her pain and Trazodone, a serotonin reuptake inhibitor, to manage her bipolar syndrome, before the surgery.
  — Winston Ross, Longreads, 8 Dec. 2019
• There are plenty of antidepressants out there, but the most common are selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), which can affect mood by increasing the amount of serotonin in the brain2.
  — Ashley Abramson, SELF, 11 Feb. 2022
• Since lower levels of serotonin are linked to sadness and depression, it is thought that by preventing the reuptake of serotonin, SSRIs fake higher overall serotonin levels and thus boost happy feelings.
  — Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 6 Oct. 2011
• Up to a third of people with the condition are still symptomatic 10 years after diagnosis, and the main therapeutic drugs of choice—the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors sertraline and paroxetine—fail in up to 60% of patients.
  — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 11 May 2021
• Currently, almost all patients with depression are first treated with medications called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, a class of drugs that includes both Zoloft and Prozac.
  — Claudia López Lloreda, STAT, 17 Aug. 2021
• In 1974, researchers developed the first serotonin reuptake inhibitor, or SSRI, intended to treat depression.
  — Eleanor Cummins, The New Republic, 10 Aug. 2022
• These drugs are mostly outdated and have been replaced with their more modern, less side-effect producing counterparts, like selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs.
  — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 19 Dec. 2022
• In a new study, a group of scientists found that a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) can affect reinforcement learning, which refers to a person’s decision-making abilities.
  — Anuradha Varanasi, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2023
• Another class, serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors, came in the 1990s.
  — Matt Richtel Annie Flanagan, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2022
• Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are not effective for most patients though.
  — Abigail Libers, SELF, 9 Mar. 2022
• Treatment typically involves selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, which boost levels of serotonin available to brain cells.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 11 June 2022
• Serotonin helps regulate mood, and drugs known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors are widely prescribed and effective for treating chronic depression.
  — Quanta Magazine, 27 Oct. 2020
• Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), which can reduce anxiety symptoms by increasing serotonin levels in the brain.
  — Eleesha Lockett, SELF, 8 Nov. 2021
• Some benefit was found for another type of antidepressant — serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors or SNRIs — but the researchers described the results as inconsistent.
  — Linda Searing, Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2017
• The various selective serotonin-reuptake inhibitors used to treat depression offer a different challenge.
  — The Economist, 14 Mar. 2020
• The most common antidepressants, S.S.R.I’s (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors), can flatten emotions.
  — Maureen Stanton, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
• Some medications, including serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SRIs), can be effective at controlling obsessive thoughts for the estimated 2 to 3 million adults with obsessive compulsive disorder.
  — Marisa Cohen, Good Housekeeping, 23 Apr. 2020
• Wellbutrin, known generically as bupropion, is an aminoketone antidepressant or a dopamine reuptake inhibitor, whereas Adderall, known generically as dextroamphetamine/amphetamine is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant.
  — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 30 Apr. 2022
• Fluvoximine is a selective serotine-reuptake inhibitor that is typically prescribed to treat depression, social-anxiety disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
  — oregonlive, 30 Nov. 2021
• Melancholia is^ particularly responsive to tricyclic antidepressants and electroconvulsive^ therapy but not to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors^ or psychotherapy.
  — Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 5 July 2011
• These include behavioral therapy, environmental enrichment, canine assistive technology, and medications such as anti-anxiety drugs or serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SRIs).
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 9 Nov. 2022

Last Updated: 4 Nov 2024