selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor

noun

: ssri

Examples of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Among the options: hormone replacement therapy, low-dose selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), gabapentin, clonidine, and fezolinetant. Angela Haupt, TIME, 21 June 2024 Ketamine, some of these studies indicate, can work for depression — even for patients who don't respond to conventional treatments like SSRIs, or selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. Darius Tahir, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2024 Once Prozac, Zoloft, and other selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors went generic, the efficacy and low prices meant few doctors were willing to put their patients on name brands — and few big drugmakers were enticed into developing next-generation options. Sarah Owermohle, STAT, 5 Apr. 2024 For example, take depression: While the rise of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) in the 1980s and 1990s seemed to provide a solution, seminal studies in the 2000s exposed fundamental limitations of our treatment options. Amit Etkin, STAT, 8 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor 

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Word History

First Known Use

1987, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor was in 1987

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“Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/selective%20serotonin%20reuptake%20inhibitor. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.

Medical Definition

selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor

noun
: ssri

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