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Recent Examples of antidepressant
Robust scientific studies have not found a definitive link between antidepressant use in pregnancy and autism or birth defects.
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Rebecca Shabad, NBC news, 13 Jan. 2026
Monument Spring, which feeds into the Colorado River, showed traces of multiple pharmaceutical medications, including an antibiotic, antifungal, antidepressant, and a diabetic drug.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 9 Jan. 2026
Antidepressants Coffee may affect how your body absorbs antidepressant medication, which is used to treat depression, anxiety, and other mental health conditions.
—Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 7 Jan. 2026
In October 2004 the FDA required a boxed warning of this risk to be on the labels of all antidepressant drugs.
—Stephen B. Soumerai, STAT, 7 Jan. 2026
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Rebecca Shabad, NBC news, 13 Jan. 2026
Monument Spring, which feeds into the Colorado River, showed traces of multiple pharmaceutical medications, including an antibiotic, antifungal, antidepressant, and a diabetic drug.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 9 Jan. 2026
Antidepressants Coffee may affect how your body absorbs antidepressant medication, which is used to treat depression, anxiety, and other mental health conditions.
—Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 7 Jan. 2026
In October 2004 the FDA required a boxed warning of this risk to be on the labels of all antidepressant drugs.
—Stephen B. Soumerai, STAT, 7 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for antidepressant
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Some studies suggest lemongrass has anti-inflammatory, antifungal, and analgesic (pain-relieving) properties.—
Sherri Gordon,
Health,
8 Dec. 2025
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The eagle is also getting anti-inflammatory and analgesic medications because birds that fly into fences often get concussions.—
Madeline Bartos,
CBS News,
5 Dec. 2025
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Part of what makes leeches so effective at blood-sucking is that their saliva has uniquely anesthetic and anticoagulant properties, so they’ve been used for thousands of years for folk medicines in Asia and Eastern Europe.—
Blair Braverman,
Outside,
21 Jan. 2026
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The suit alleges that surgeon Dare Ajibade gave Easley an excessive amount of the anesthetic lidocaine during the 6½-hour procedure and failed to recognize persistent vomiting afterward as a sign of toxicity.—
Fred Schulte,
Miami Herald,
30 Dec. 2025
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“Antidepressant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antidepressant. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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