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Do SSRI Side Effects Improve Over Time?

Do SSRI Side Effects Improve Over Time?

Update: 2025-11-27
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In this episode, we examine groundbreaking research that challenges the widespread clinical belief that SSRI side effects improve with time. Using data from the landmark STAR*D trial, we explore which patients actually experience side effect resolution and which face worsening symptoms.

Faculty: Paul Zarkowski, M.D.
Host: Richard Seeber, M.D.

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Do SSRI Side Effects Improve Over Time?

Do SSRI Side Effects Improve Over Time?