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Tolerability of Serotonin Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitor Antidepressants

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 November 2014

Stuart A. Montgomery
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Abstract

All three serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) inhibit the reuptake of both serotonin and norepinephrine but they do so with differing affinity ratios. Venlafaxine has a 30-fold higher affinity for serotonin than for norepinephrine while duloxetine has a 10-fold selectivity for serotonin. Milnacipran has a balanced (1:1) ratio of potency for inhibition of reuptake of the two neurotransmitters. The most frequent adverse event with SNRIs is nausea. Not unexpectedly, adverse effects related to a noradrenergic stimulation, such as dry mouth, sweating, and constipation, are found more frequently with SNRIs than with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. At true SNRI doses, venlafaxine is associated with dose-dependent cardiovascular phenomena (principally increased blood pressure), an effect which is less frequent with duloxetine and rare with milnacipran. Serious and potentially fatal hepatotoxity has been reported with duloxetine. This problem appears to be unique to duloxetine and not a characteristic of the SNRI class. There are differences in overdose toxicity between venlafaxine and the other SNRIs, possibly related to its increased cardiotoxicity.

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CNS Spectrums , Volume 13 , supplement S11 , July 2008 , pp. 27 - 33
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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