Clinical outcomes of commonly used antidepressants varied among older adults compared with sertraline, according to real-world study results conducted in Denmark and published in The American Journal of Psychiatry.
“Antidepressants are the first-line pharmacological treatment for depression in adults,” Kazi Ishtiak-Ahmed, PhD, of the departments of clinical medicine and affective disorders at Aarhus University in Denmark, and colleagues wrote.
“However, the efficacy of various antidepressant medications may be different in older adults than in the younger adult population, as