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  • initialism Serotonin and Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitor

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  • The judge's opinion is a landmark legal confirmation of the scientific fact that the newer antidepressants like Prozac, including the SSRI and SNRI antidepressants, can cause violence and even murder.

    Dr. Peter Breggin: Judge Sentences Teenager In Prozac Murder Case Dr. Peter Breggin 2011

  • Since its launch almost a decade ago, the notion that the use of the satiogenic serotonin-norepineprhine-reuptake-inhibitor (SNRI) sibutramine commonly results in an increase in blood pressure, has been a major barrier to its use in high-risk cardiovascular patients, particularly those with high blood pressure.

    Dr. Sharma’s Obesity Notes » Blog Archive » Blood Pressure-Lowering Effects of Sibutramine 2009

  • The judge's opinion is a landmark legal confirmation of the scientific fact that the newer antidepressants like Prozac, including the SSRI and SNRI antidepressants, can cause violence and even murder.

    Dr. Peter Breggin: Judge Sentences Teenager In Prozac Murder Case Dr. Peter Breggin 2011

  • The judge's opinion is a landmark legal confirmation of the scientific fact that the newer antidepressants like Prozac, including the SSRI and SNRI antidepressants, can cause violence and even murder.

    Dr. Peter Breggin: Judge Sentences Teenager In Prozac Murder Case Dr. Peter Breggin 2011

  • Oh I am very concerned about you - I think if you see a doctors and ask for an NRI, or an SNRI, they help with giving a bit of energy without mood alteration.

    Hate, fear, exclusion and pain. Elizabeth McClung 2009

  • SSRIs also include a few meds in this class with the addition of a norepinephrine uptake inhibitor added to the SSRI, and these are referred to SNRI medications, which combined with SSRIs, are the number 1 top therapeutic class of prescriptions presently.

    Serotonin Enhancing Pharmaceuticals 2008

  • Less than 10 years after its 1993 US approval, Effexor, a serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI), was found to cause greater toxicity in overdoses and greater suicidality and serotonin syndrome than comparable drugs.

    Another Poorly Regulated "Derivative"--the Antidepressant Pristiq 2008

  • Pristiq, a serotonin/norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI), is a metabolite of Wyeth's antidepressant Effexor XR -- which netted $3.7 billion in 2006 -- and an unabashed patent extender since Effexor XR goes off patent in 2010.

    Can Wyeth Fool American Women Twice? 2008

  • The newest one, a SNRI called Pristiq, was approved in 2008, and is believed to be launched as a treatment for menopause.

    Serotonin Enhancing Pharmaceuticals 2008

  • The closely-related class of SNRI antidepressants also carry birth defects warnings and include Wyeth's Effexor and Lilly's Cymbalta.

    Women Not Warned About SSRI-Related Lung Birth Defect 2007

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