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Several antidepressant drugs, including Prozac, work well in battling depression. The goal of drug therapy is to treat the illness and handle its symptoms so the afflicted person will feel well enough to resume a normal daily routine. Although antidepressants are much safer than their predecessors introduced in the late 1950s, about 30 percent of patients are immune to their effects. Even for those who are not, it usually takes two to four weeks before the symptoms begin subsiding.
好幾種抗憂郁的藥物, 如“百憂解”,對(duì)治療憂郁癥效果顯著。藥物治療的目標(biāo)是針對(duì)疾病緩解癥狀,使受折磨的人能感覺(jué)舒適,重新正常生活。雖然現(xiàn)今抗憂郁的藥物比五十年代末推薦使用的更可靠,但對(duì)約百分之三十的患者還是沒(méi)有療效。即使是沒(méi)有抗藥性的患者,也得花上二至四星期,癥狀才會(huì)開(kāi)始消退。
(短文節(jié)選,本篇始于:性命“憂”關(guān) )