Depression drugs — SSRIs — may reorganize brain plasticity, new research suggests
Health • March 2011 • Views: 779
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) such as Prozac are regularly used to treat severe anxiety and depression. They work by immediately increasing the amount of serotonin in the brain and by causing long term changes in brain function. However it can take weeks of treatment before a patient feels any effect and both beneficial effects and side effects can persist after treatment is stopped.
As opposed to the last research that we read, that SSRI’s were no better than placebos.