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Antidepressant vs Nortriptyline - What's the difference?

antidepressant | nortriptyline |

As nouns the difference between antidepressant and nortriptyline

is that antidepressant is an agent that prevents or counteracts depression while nortriptyline is a tricyclic antidepressant used in the treatment of major depression, childhood bedwetting, and certain chronic illnesses.

As an adjective antidepressant

is preventing or counteracting depression.

antidepressant

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An agent that prevents or counteracts depression.

    • See also

    * fluoxetine * Prozac

    Hyponyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    *depressogenic

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Preventing or counteracting depression.

    • nortriptyline

    English

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia nortriptyline)
  • A tricyclic antidepressant used in the treatment of major depression, childhood bedwetting, and certain chronic illnesses.