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Table 4 Proportion of patients receiving each treatment class within each regimen

From: Treatment patterns of patients diagnosed with major depressive disorder and suicidal ideation or attempt: a U.S. population-based study utilizing real-world data

Treatment

Any regimen

1st regimen

2nd regimen

3rd regimen

4th regimen

Pharmacotherapies

 SSRI

61.9%

49.6%

43.9%

38.9%

36.5%

 Other antidepressants

51.3%

37.8%

34.3%

34.9%

36.7%

 Anxiolytic

50.8%

36.1%

31.5%

33.9%

35.0%

 Anticonvulsant

43.6%

29.3%

33.4%

36.7%

39.6%

 SNRI

26.9%

18.8%

20.0%

21.1%

22.9%

 Atypical antipsychotic

20.1%

13.8%

4.7%

3.2%

2.8%

 Hypnotics and Sedatives

19.1%

9.6%

11.0%

12.6%

14.7%

 Psychostimulant

9.3%

4.6%

6.9%

8.5%

9.8%

 Tricyclic

7.1%

3.6%

4.2%

4.9%

6.0%

 Lithium

2.6%

1.3%

1.6%

2.0%

2.4%

 MAOI

0.1%

0.1%

0.1%

0.0%

0.1%

Procedures

 Electroconvulsive therapy

1.4%

1.0%

0.5%

0.5%

0.5%

 Transcranial magnetic stimulation

0.4%

0.1%

0.1%

0.2%

0.3%

  1. SSRI selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, SNRI serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor, MAOI monoamine oxidase inhibitor.