Atypical antipsychotics will be used more for treating depression
May 2009
Atypical antipsychotics will be used more for treating depression.
Both Abilify (aripiprazole) and Symbyax (olanzapine/fluoxetine) are already approved for resistant depression...and Seroquel (quetiapine) will likely get a similar indication.
More than half of patients with depression still have symptoms despite an adequate trial of an antidepressant.
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