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Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors

Known as: SSRI, SSRIs, Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor 
Any agent that increases the extracellular level of the neurotransmitter serotonin (5-HT) by inhibiting its reuptake into the presynaptic cell… (More)
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Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor [EPC]response to fluoxetine

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Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors

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1948-2018
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Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
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response to fluoxetine

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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and breast cancer mortality in women receiving tamoxifen: a population based cohort study
OBJECTIVE To characterise whether some selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressants reduce tamoxifen's… (More)
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Effect of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors on the risk of fracture.
BACKGROUND Depression and osteoporotic fractures are common ailments among elderly persons. Selective serotonin reuptake… (More)
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2006
2006
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and adverse pregnancy outcomes.
OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to assess the safety of the use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in pregnancy… (More)
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in pregnant women and neonatal withdrawal syndrome: a database analysis.
BACKGROUND Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) have been associated with withdrawal symptoms. We investigated whether… (More)
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Active Tamoxifen Metabolite Plasma Concentrations After Coadministration of Tamoxifen and the Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor Paroxetine
Background: Tamoxifen, a selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM), is converted to 4-hydroxy-tamoxifen and other active… (More)
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and risk of upper gastrointestinal tract bleeding: a population-based cohort study.
BACKGROUND Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) have been suspected of increasing the risk of bleeding. We examined… (More)
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and myocardial infarction.
BACKGROUND Depression is an independent risk factor for myocardial infarction (MI). Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors… (More)
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors versus tricyclic antidepressants: a meta-analysis of efficacy and tolerability.
BACKGROUND A meta-analysis of the efficacy and tolerability of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) against tricyclic… (More)
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors directly alter activity of neurosteroidogenic enzymes.
The neurosteroid 3alpha-hydroxysteroid-5alpha-pregnan-20-one (allopregnanolone) acts as a positive allosteric modulator of gamma… (More)
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1993
1993
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors: meta-analysis of efficacy and acceptability.
OBJECTIVE To examine the evidence for using selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors instead of tricyclic antidepressants in the… (More)
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