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Does it normally take a few weeks for antidepressants to start helping with pain?
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Yes: Generally antidepressants take a few weeks to reach therapeutic levels.
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Yes: Typically the antidepressant medications work by blocking a process of metabolism in the brain that results in increased neuro-chemical transmitters in the brain. It can take weeks to a month or more before this results in the desired effects of anti depression activity.
Answered 9/28/2016
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