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Recent Examples of antidepressant
Curiously, the antidepressant effect emerged after the mind-altering experiences and persisted for more than a week, suggesting that ketamine might be doing more than making the patients trip.
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Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026
In a seminal, early 2000s trial funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, about 30% of the study’s participants with depression saw symptoms disappear with their first antidepressant treatment.
—Jamie Ducharme, USA Today, 12 Mar. 2026
Toxicology tests showed positive for cocaine and some prescription antidepressant medications.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2026
Adam Urato, a maternal-fetal medicine specialist and critic of antidepressant safety, is pressing the FDA to add a boxed warning to SSRIs, the drugs most commonly prescribed for depression.
—Ed Silverman, STAT, 5 Mar. 2026
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Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026
In a seminal, early 2000s trial funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, about 30% of the study’s participants with depression saw symptoms disappear with their first antidepressant treatment.
—Jamie Ducharme, USA Today, 12 Mar. 2026
Toxicology tests showed positive for cocaine and some prescription antidepressant medications.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2026
Adam Urato, a maternal-fetal medicine specialist and critic of antidepressant safety, is pressing the FDA to add a boxed warning to SSRIs, the drugs most commonly prescribed for depression.
—Ed Silverman, STAT, 5 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for antidepressant
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The classic pisco sour is unmissable, as is the island cocktail made with pisco, eucalyptus syrup, and wild murta, a local antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and analgesic berry used by indigenous communities in traditional medicine and food.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Mar. 2026
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Epibatidine intrigued researchers for decades and was once highly sought after as a potential analgesic many times more powerful than morphine.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
15 Feb. 2026
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The album’s ideal love is anesthetic, a script for surviving daily chaos and tragedy that doesn’t require reciprocation.—
Daniel Felsenthal,
Pitchfork,
7 Apr. 2026
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The singer's 2009 death was officially attributed to the legal anesthetic propofol.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
18 Mar. 2026
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“Antidepressant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antidepressant. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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