Hey what's going on guys welcome to episode 39 of the physician assistant boards

dot-com podcast today's topic we're going to be discussing SSRIs so we're going to do a

little bit of pharmacology today and go over SSRIs, why they're used,

their efficacy and their side effect profile.

Now SSRIs are usually going to be indicated as first-line treatment for depression.

The main medications in this group are going to be cytopram, e cytopram, fluoxetine, fluoxamine, peroxetine, and sertulline. Now whenever studying medications you want to make sure that you're going to study the generic name, right? The generic name on your exams are always going to be present. The brand name may or may not be. And there are multiple brand names so it would be

unfair to give you a brand name when there are multiple brand names to a

generic medication. So always study generics. But just to kind of

go back a little bit, I'll give you the brand names because that's probably what you're

more used to hearing. Citelepram is also known as Sallexa. E. Citelepram is also known as Selexa.

E cytopram is also known as lexapro.

Fluoxetine is Prozac.

Fluvoxamine is febron.

Peroxetine is Paxil and sertertylene will be zoloft. Now fluoxetine was actually the first

SSRI that was approved for the indication of depression back in 1987 by the FDA. All SSRIs are going to be

indicated for depression with the exception of fluoxamine. Now fluoxamine or

feverin is indicated in the treatment of O. C.D. Other indications for SSRIs are going to be

generalizing anxiety disorder, panic disorder, O. C.D, which is obsessive compulsive disorder,

social anxiety, PTSD. D, which is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Social Anxiety, PTSD, which is Post-traumatic Stress Disorder,

Bolemia, PMS, which is pre-Mens

pre-Mens, and different types of somatiform disorders.

A little bit about how SSRIs work, right?

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