How to Use selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor in a Sentence

selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor

noun

• And some of the risks attributed to the use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRI, are similar to those found in children exposed to their mother’s psychiatric illness.
  — Andrea Petersen, WSJ, 3 Nov. 2018
• Many of us are also looking for ways to increase serotonin without taking a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, known as an SSRI.
  — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 22 Dec. 2023
• That means that drugs such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, used to treat psychiatric disorders, are likely to function very differently in humans than in mice.
  — Lydia Denworth, Scientific American, 21 Aug. 2019
• That is different from many common antidepressants, like selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors or SSRIs, which take longer to yield effects and that many patients can end up taking for a lifetime.
  — Alexander Tin, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2023
• The first-line treatment for PMDD is often antidepressants, or selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors.
  — Tara Mandarano, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2019
• The drug, fluvoxamine, is an early selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor — a common type of antidepressant, similar to Prozac or Zoloft — developed in the 1980s.
  — Erin Alberty, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Mar. 2021
• Sertraline is a type of antidepressant called a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor.
  — K. N. Smith, Discover Magazine, 3 June 2015
• The most prescribed medication is a type of antidepressant called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs.
  — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2023
• But some high-profile research has raised doubts about the science behind selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, a class of medications frequently prescribed to treat depression and anxiety.
  — Joseph Bernstein, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2023
• Some of the infants’ mothers had depression, and were being treated with anti-depressants known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), while others with depression were not treated.
  — Alice Park, Time, 9 Apr. 2018
• About 10% of pregnant women in the U.S. receive prescriptions for selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, the family of antidepressant medications that include Prozac and Zoloft.
  — Andrea Petersen, WSJ, 3 Nov. 2018
• My doctor prescribed Celexa, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, for anxiety.
  — Health.com, 28 May 2020
• The main group of such medications is selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, commonly known as antidepressants.
  — Arash Javanbakht, The Conversation, 18 Oct. 2019
• Flash forward to today, and there are now several types of antidepressants available, from the earliest tricyclics and monoamine oxidase inhibitors to the ubiquitous modern-day selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs).
  — Dean Burnett, The Cut, 11 Jan. 2018
• Escitalopram is in a class of antidepressants called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, which increase your levels of serotonin to help maintain mental balance.
  — Terrell Jermaine Starr, The Root, 17 May 2018
• Ibogaine, in particular, might affect the same serotonin transporter that selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) target to treat depression.
  — Ella Weaver, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024
• This includes some anti-seizure medications, asthma drugs, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs, the most commonly prescribed kind of antidepressant), and more.
  — Alison Goldman, SELF, 21 May 2018
• The drug is fluvoxamine, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor—an antidepressant.
  — Adam Rogers, Wired, 8 Sep. 2021
• That would seem to make sense for antidepressive effects, given that many popular antidepressants also alter serotonin signaling (such as in SSRIs, or selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors).
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 17 Feb. 2023
• Among those given medication, anxiety symptoms declined the most and remission was most likely with antidepressants known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs.
  — Linda Searing, Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2017
• Yet anxiety can be treated with antidepressants like Prozac, Lexapro and Zoloft, called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, combined with specialized forms of cognitive behavioral therapy.
  — Paula Span, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2023
• Treatment methods like cognitive behavioral therapy may help, and many drugs, like selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor antidepressants, are meant to relieve panic attack symptoms, according to the Mayo Clinic.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 15 Aug. 2018
• Tetrahydroharmine is also a weak selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, another class of antidepressant drug.
  — Troy Farah, Discover Magazine, 2 Mar. 2018
• Citalopram is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressant medication, which are the most common type of antidepressant prescribed.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 June 2021
• Among the options: hormone replacement therapy, low-dose selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), gabapentin, clonidine, and fezolinetant.
  — Angela Haupt, TIME, 21 June 2024
• The most common antidepressants, S.S.R.I’s (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors), can flatten emotions.
  — Maureen Stanton, Longreads, 17 Jan. 2020
• Your doctor may prescribe a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) or another type of anti-anxiety medication.
  — Marisa Cohen, Good Housekeeping, 26 Mar. 2023
• Instead, my psychiatrist prescribed a different type of medication, known as SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors).
  — NBC News, 10 Oct. 2019
• Fluvoxamine, sold in the U.S. as Luvox, is an inexpensive selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor that’s prescribed to manage mental health conditions like depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
  — Yasmin Tayag, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2021
• Doctors commonly prescribe selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) for depression related to the transition.
  — Jennifer Chesak, Verywell Health, 13 July 2023

Last Updated: 13 Sep 2024