Antidepressants: Side Effects and Risks

Have you, or some you care about, been injured by a dangerous antidepressant drug? Prescription medication is supposed to help patients improve their lives. Unfortunately, some antidepressants can lead to side effects and serious health risks that hurt patients, or even worse, lead to wrongful death.

What Are Some Different Types of Antidepressants?

Antidepressants are divided into different classes. Drugs within the same antidepressant class all work similarly, though classes often contain many types of drugs because the specific medications function in slightly different ways. Common antidepressant classes include:

Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor (SSRI)

SSRIs, as well as SNRIs, have been connected to birth defects. Mothers taking SSRIs during pregnancy – especially in the third trimester – run the risk of giving birth to a child with one or more of the following birth defects:

Selective-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitor (SNRI)

• Effexor (venlafaxine)

Norepinephrine-Dopamine Reuptake Inhibitor (SNRI)

• Wellbutrin (bupropion)

Tetracyclic Antidepressant (TeCA)

• Remeron (mirtazapine)

Direct Receptor Ligand

• Serzone (nefazodone)

Hurt by an Antidepressant or SSRI? We Can Help

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