A patient taking SSRIs mentions to the nurse that his current medication causes fewer side effects than the tricyclic antidepressant he took several years earlier. The nurse un-derstands that SSRIs advantage is due to:
a. Inhibiting both serotonin and norepinephrine uptake
b. Selectively inhibiting dopamine uptake
c. Blocking only serotonin reuptake
d. Making more GABA available
ANS: C
TCAs inhibit the reuptake of both norepinephrine and serotonin, producing more side effects than SSRIs that selectively block only serotonin reuptake. SSRIs do not affect dopamine or GABA availability.
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