The Carlat Psychiatry Podcast

The Rise and Sudden Fall of Zimelidine: The First SSRI

11.16.2020 - By Pocket Psychiatry: A Carlat PodcastPlay

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How the SSRIs were derived from Benadryl, how a forgotten antidepressant almost brought the serotonergic industry to a halt in the 1980’s, and how this all culminated in a Nobel prize and a new theory of dopamine.

Published On: 11/16/2020

Duration: 23 minutes, 34 seconds

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