Antidepressants are among the most commonly prescribed drugs in America. At last count, nearly 50 million Americans are taking medications such as sertraline, escitalopram, trazodone, bupropion, ...

More than 1 in 10 people in the United States take an antidepressant. And the most commonly prescribed type of antidepressant are SSRIs – or selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. That's like Zoloft ...

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The majority of symptoms reported by patients after stopping antidepressants are mild and do not meet the criteria for discontinuation syndrome — a set of more severe withdrawal-like symptoms that ...

DEAR PEOPLE’S PHARMACY: When I was first prescribed Zoloft (sertraline) for postpartum depression, it was a lifesaver. I was on it for under a year and didn’t have too much trouble stopping it. I ...

Withdrawal symptoms following the discontinuation of antidepressants have been reported for decades now. This is a concern since more than 10 percent of the population in the U.S. and U.K. now take ...