Sentences with phrase «weeks as antidepressant»

Though she entered the hospital diagnosed with severe, major biological depression, the admitting psychiatrist assured us that she could expect to leave within two to three weeks as antidepressant medications took effect.

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Drugs of another class, the antidepressants, including selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors such as Prozac, take weeks to kick in, unacceptably long for someone suffering severe anxiety.

The patients were classified as having treatment - resistant depression, having previously had two unsuccessful courses of antidepressants (lasting at least 6 weeks).

A 6 - week, double - blind study on orally administered SAMe found that SAMe was about as effective as the antidepressant imipramine for the treatment of mild depression.

According to the Black Dog Institute, a clinical and research facility specialising in depression, there is scientific evidence that 16 weeks of regular exercise is as effective as prescription antidepressants in tackling depression.

A 2014 study in Phytotherapy Research found patients with major depressive disorder who were treated with 1000 mg of curcumin for six weeks had similar symptom relief as those taking 20 mg of the antidepressant fluoxetine (Prozac).

We will exclude trials with treatment duration of less than 4 weeks, because the onset of benefit for most antidepressants often takes at least 4 weeks.31 If a study presents data for more than one time point within our predefined acute phase window or beyond 16 weeks, the 8 week (or the closest to 8 week) will be taken as the time.