The following are some of the depression medications (antidepressants) available in the U.S.:
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Abilify (aripiprazole) – used in combination with antidepressants
Esketamine (Spravato)
Etrafon (perphenazine and amitriptyline)
Latuda (lurasidone) -- an atypical antipsychotic drug used to treat bipolar depression
Lamictal (lamotrigine) -- an anticonvulsant drug sometimes used to treat or prevent bipolar depression
Limbitrol (amitriptyline and chlordiazepoxide)
Seroquel XR (quetiapine) -- an atypical antipsychotic drug used in combination with antidepressants and in treating bipolar depression
Symbyax (fluoxetine and the atypical antipsychotic drug olanzapine)
Triavil (perphenazine and amitriptyline)
Zyprexa (olanzapine) -- with fluoxetine to make Symbyax (a drug combination used for bipolar depression and also for treatment-resistant major depression), and may have value when added to other antidepressants to enhance their effects”