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Prescription of the new antidepressants in psychiatrist's surgery
The main aim of presented labour was to compare the prescription of the new antidepressants and the others as SSRI, TCA, IMAO.The comparison has been done in generally and also with regard to patients's age and gender. The research has been done in group of 387 patients, actually 370 ones, in psychiatrist's surgery whom prescription had not been restricted from new preparations. The results have been worked up statistically. The new antidepressants are heterogeneous group of medication containing active ingredients with specific act of action and with lower side effects. Bupropion, escitalopram, milnacipran, mirtazapin, reboxetin, trazodon and duloxetin belong to this medicine group. In practical part of the labour the prescriptions evaluation of patients group (insured people in 2005 and 2006) in Prague psychiatrics surgery has been done. The results have confirmed my own assumption and that's total antidepressants usage is on increase and the new antidepressants's participation as well. SSRI have been the most often prescribed. The prescriptions of new ones was showed 16 % of all groups of antidepressants in 2005. A year later the prescription was risen up to 19 %. Escitalopram was the most generally prescribed new antidepressant with increasing tendency. The second one was bupropion which..