Initiating antidepressant therapy? Try these 2 drugs first
Abstract
When you initiate antidepressant therapy for patients who have not been treated for depression previously, select either sertraline or escitalopram. A large meta- analysis found these medications to be superior to other "new generation" antidepressants. Stength of recommendation: A: Meta-analysis of 117 high-quality studies.
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