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TCAs (Tricyclic Antidepressants)
An older class of antidepressant drugs. Imipramine, amitriptyline, desipramine, and nortriptyline are examples of TCAs.


Titration
A stepwise increase or decrease in the prescribed dose of a given medicine.


Tolerability
The term used to indicate that the adverse events caused by a drug won't cause a patient to stop taking it. Clinical trials often measure the incidence of adverse events and the percentage of patients who stop therapy because of them. Drugs with low incidences of patients who stop therapy due to adverse events in clinical trials are often referred to as being "well tolerated."


Zoloft® (sertraline)
Zoloft is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) prescription medicine used to treat depression, panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder (also called OCD), and posttraumatic stress disorder (also called PTSD) in adults. Zoloft is also used to treat OCD in children (ages 6-12) and adolescents (ages 12-17).


Zoloft is a registered trademark of Pfizer.

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