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cover searcherling brand name of this medication is Zoloft and I've done a couple of SSRIs I

believe so far and with that there's subtleties between the SSRIs. And I wanted to make sure that those

are all pointed out because they are important and there is different reasons for selecting

different SSRIs and or different things to look out for as we use these

medications.

So mechanistically, it's not going to be different from any of the SSRIs if you've

listened to previous podcasts on drugs like satalopram.

So those presynaptic cells or neuronal cells release that serotonin,

and they will also re-uptake, basically take back in that serotonin out of the synapse

and essentially stop that serotonergic activity.

SSRIs block or reduce the amount of that re-uptake that happens.

So more serotonin stays in the synapse and gives you physiological responses and hopefully helps manage, treat indications like depression, anxiety disorders,

PTSD, OCD, in the way the medication works there.

All right, so one thing I really wanted to point out was dosing.

It's just common sense.

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