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Table 2 Percentage of patients ever prescribed each drug type

From: Adherence to antidepressant therapy for major depressive patients in a psychiatric hospital in Thailand

Drug group

Percentage

1. TCAs (amitryptyline, imipramine and nortryptyline, mianserin and mirtazapine)

43.8

2. Fluoxetine

67.4

3. Other SSRIs (escitalopram, fluvoxamine, paroxitine and sertaline)

23.1

4. Others (tianeptine, trazodone and venlafaxine)

39.3

  1. * Percentages add to greater than 100% as some patients received two antidepressants concurrently or shifted from one drug to another during the follow-up periods.