Rapid-acting antidepressants.
Advances in pharmacology (San Diego, Calif.) 2019 Jeffrey M. Witkin, Anna E Martin, Lalit K Golani et al. 71 citations
Conventional antidepressants (biogenic amine mechanisms) are not fully efficacious (e.g., symptoms remain after treatment, not all patients respond), produce effects only after weeks of daily dosing, and do not impact all disease symptoms. In contrast, a new class of antidepressants has been emerging since 2006 that has demonstrated rapid onset, large effect size, activity after only a single...