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How do antidepressants work? what are the side effects?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Your question is: way too broad. Since there are multiple classes of antidepressants & multiple different medications - you would need to ask about a specific medication. The question you asked could take volumes to respond to.

Dr Cattano agreed

Answered 6/5/2017

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