SSRIs have been prescribed safely for decades. And this fearmongering from the current administration could have deadly consequences.

Current PTSD treatments centre around selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), such as Pfizer’s Zoloft (sertraline) and GSK’s Paxil (paroxetine). However, these can have a slow onset ...

There are two classes of antidepressants recommended for PTSD: selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs). The most common ...

2009;2(1):77-86. In summary, the current state of evidence suggests that the SSRIs remain as the treatment of first choice for most patients requiring drug therapy for PTSD. Although there ...

Recovery from PTSD comes with key changes in the brain’s memory system, a new study finds. These differences were found in the brains of 19 people who developed post-traumatic stress disorder ...

Conclusions These data are consistent with other recent work indicating that the SSRIs may not be efficacious in the prevention of PTSD. Nevertheless, the small sample size and baseline ...

Please reach out if you are on MAOI/SSRI medication You're in a transition ... Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can lead people to distrust or lash out at others, making it difficult to ...

Two medications are also approved to treat PTSD, the antidepressants sertraline (Zoloft and generic) and paroxetine (Paxil and generic). They are effective in controlling symptoms but they usually ...