When a pregnant woman is judged to require antidepressant treatment, the medication is usually selected from which of the following groups of antidepressants?
a. MAO inhibitors
b. tricyclic antidepressants
c. SSRIs
d. aminoketones
C
SSRIs are usually selected for pregnant women who are judged to require antidepressants. This is because there is enough experience with treating pregnant women with SSRIs to determine that the benefits of the medication outweigh the risks. In contrast, almost all cyclic antidepressant medications, except one (maprotiline), either show evidence of risk to humans or cannot have the evidence of risk be ruled out.
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