which is true about miazapine: (A) it is a type of NaSSa, (B) it is a type of SSRI, (C) it is a type of SARi, (D) it is a type SNRI
Answer is A. NaSSA * IMPOANCE Nor adrenergic and specific serotonergic antidepressant * MECHANISM * Alpha 2 adrenergic receptor antagonism=== increase serotonin and NA * 5HT2,3 antagonist============increase sleep and appetite * DRUGS miazapine * USE Elderly with depression * SIDE EFFECTS hyperlipidemia re. kaplon and sadock, synopsis of psychiatry, 11 th editionm, 955