two new antidepressants, Brintellix (brin-TEL-ix, vortioxetine) and Fetzima (fet-ZEE-muh, levomilnacipran)
December 2013
You'll see two new antidepressants, Brintellix (brin-TEL-ix, vortioxetine) and Fetzima (fet-ZEE-muh, levomilnacipran).
Think of both of these as "me-too" drugs.
Brintellix will be promoted as having a new mechanism. But it still works by inhibiting serotonin reuptake...like an SSRI.
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