Treating Major Depressive Disorder - Psychiatry

• In general, the use of MAOIs should be restricted to patients who do not respond to other treatments. • Table 2 provides the starting and usual doses of medications that have been shown to be effective for treating major de-pressive disorder. • If side effects occur, lowering the dose or changing to a differ-

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