Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An oral antidepressant of the SSRI class of drugs.

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  • noun an antidepressant drug, Paxil.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[par(a)– + ox(y)– + (m)et(hyl) + (piperid)ine.]

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Examples

  • The memo went on: “It would be commercially unacceptable to include a statement that efficacy had not been demonstrated, as this would undermine the profile of paroxetine aka Paxil.”

    Crazy Like Us Ethan Watters 2010

  • As part of the deal, Mylan, a U.S. maker of generics, will have the right to market its version of Glaxo's drug, generically known as paroxetine hydrochloride, beginning no later than Oct. 1, 2008.

    Tougher Avandia Warning Is Urged 2007

  • As part of the deal, Mylan, a U.S. maker of generics, will have the right to market its version of Glaxo's drug, generically known as paroxetine hydrochloride, beginning no later than Oct. 1, 2008.

    Glaxo and Mylan Settle 2007

  • The FDA said early results from two studies suggested women who took paroxetine, which is available under the brand name of Paxil, during the first three months of pregnant were one and a half to two times as likely to have a baby with a heart defect as women who received other anti-depressants or women who simply didn't take anti - depressants.

    CNN Transcript Nov 30, 2006 2006

  • The FDA said early results from two studies suggested women who took paroxetine, which is available under the brand name of Paxil, during the first three months of pregnancy were one and a half to two times as likely to have a baby with a heart defect as women who received other anti-depressants or women who simply didn't take anti - depressants.

    CNN Transcript Nov 30, 2006 2006

  • The researchers, from the Cornell Medical Centre in New York, examined the sperm of 35 healthy men before and after a course of the popular anti-depressant paroxetine, which is also known as Seroxat.

    Information Liberation 2008

  • Tellingly, the only SSRI mentioned by name in the Consensus Group’s summation paper was paroxetine, aka Paxil.

    Crazy Like Us Ethan Watters 2010

  • "The straightforward answer is to avoid prescribing strong CYP2D6-inhibiting SSRIs (such as paroxetine or fluoxetine) for women with breast cancer who are prescribed tamoxifen, and to consider instead drugs with low potential to inhibit CYP2D6 (such as citalopram or venlafaxine)," they wrote.

    MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians 2010

  • It was previously suspected that antidepressants that boost the release of the naturally occurring neurotransmitter serotonin, such as paroxetine, might interfere with this process.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010

  • It was previously suspected that antidepressants that boost the release of the naturally occurring neurotransmitter serotonin, such as paroxetine, might interfere with this process.

    Yahoo! News: Latest news headlines News Headlines | Top Stories 2010

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