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Abstract
A structurally and mechanistically diverse group of drugs that are not tricyclics or monoamine oxidase inhibitors. The most clinically important appear to act selectively on serotonergic systems, especially by inhibiting serotonin reuptake.
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- Antidepressants, Atypical
- Antidepressive Agents, Second-Generation
- Antidepressive Drugs, Second-Generation
- Atypical Antidepressants
- Agents, Second-Generation Antidepressive
- Antidepressive Agents, Second Generation
- Antidepressive Drugs, Second Generation
- Drugs, Second-Generation Antidepressive
- Second Generation Antidepressive Agents
- Second-Generation Antidepressive Drugs
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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, analysis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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- Antidepressive Agents (1977-1994)
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- National Library of Medicine. Second-Generation Antidepressive Agents. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018687. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018687
- Second-Generation Antidepressive Agents. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q50430246