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Key - Instructions For Antidepressants

Antidepressant instructions for patients include taking medication every day even after feeling better, understanding benefits appear slowly, and calling a clinician before stopping treatment, as the goal is complete remission which may take trying different options.

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Key - Instructions For Antidepressants

Antidepressant instructions for patients include taking medication every day even after feeling better, understanding benefits appear slowly, and calling a clinician before stopping treatment, as the goal is complete remission which may take trying different options.

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KEY ANTIDEPRESSANT INSTRUCTIONS

FOR PATIENTS

Antidepressants only work if taken every day.

Antidepressants are not addictive.

Benefits from medication appear slowly.

Continue antidepressants even after you feel better.

Mild side effects are common and usually improve with time.

If you’re thinking about stopping the medication, call your


clinician first.

The goal of treatment is complete remission. Sometimes it


takes a few tries.

Adapted from Lin E, VonKorff M, Katon W, Bush T, Simon G, Walker E, Robinson P: The role of the primary care
physician in patients' adherence to antidepressant therapy. Medical Care 1995; 33(1):67-74

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