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Initiation of Treatment

Starting doses, titration schemes, and target doses for commonly-used tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs), monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs), selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), and other agents are shown in Table: Starting Dose, Titration Steps, and Target Doses for Common Antidepressants. Once medication is initiated, it should be gradually increased to therapeutic levels by titration.

TCAs are usually started at a relatively low dose; these low doses are preferred in elderly patients. In the frail elderly, further dose reductions may be needed — 50% or less of the usual starting dose.

The usual treatment plan with SSRIs is to start a patient at the lowest effective dose and increase as indicated by clinical response. An increased response in usually seen with increased dose, however the dropout rate due to side effects also increases. For children, adolescents, the elderly, and patients who find medications generally difficult to tolerate, 50% reductions in the starting doses shown in Table: Starting Dose, Titration Steps, and Target Doses for Common Antidepressants are acceptable. During titration, SSRIs may temporarily increase anxiety, insomnia, or both. These side effects can be alleviated by dose reduction, short-term use of benzodiazepines for anxiety, and the addition of either hypnotics or trazodone for sleep.

With both TCAs and SSRIs there is a significant delay between initiation of medication and response; there is no reason to believe that increasing the dose beyond the therapeutic range hastens response.

Bupropion (immediate and sustained release forms) and trazodone require divided doses. In the elderly, a usual starting dose of bupropion is 100 mg/day of the sustained release preparation, then increased to 100 mg b.i.d. Single daily dosing is possible using the extended release form of bupropion.

Table: Starting Dose, Titration Steps, and Target Doses for Common Antidepressants

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

Although blood levels are available for many antidepressants, those for imipramine, desipramine, and nortriptyline have been best established. Imipramine and desipramine appear to have a curvilinear dose-response curve with an optimal range of 150 to 300 ng/mL. Nortriptyline appears to have a therapeutic window in the range of 50 to 150 ng/mL, usually reached by doses ranging from 50-100 mg/day. These blood levels are nominal, as some patients do respond above or below these ranges, and blood level monitoring should not be a substitute for clinical observation.

Drug levels have not been well established for the monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) and the serotonin reuptake inhibitors. For the latter compounds there are numerous speculations about possible dose-response curves, including linear and “therapeutic window” models.

Early, or Pre-response, Period

Patients should initially be followed weekly to judge their response to treatment and manage the side effects of the various medications; given realistic time and economic constraints, such contacts may at times be by telephone.

Side effects are a primary reason for treatment non-adherence, and patients may be more inclined at this early phase to simply discontinue medication rather than to first discuss it with their physician. It is inevitable that patients will experience some side effects from their medications. Patients are able to tolerate side effects better when they are framed in a positive light — as a sign that the drug is present in their system.

Strategies for reduction of side effects include:

• Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), through scored tablets or liquid preparations, can be begun at 25-50% of normal starting dose in patients particularly sensitive to side effects. Panic disorder patients often fit into this category

• Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs), although often given in a single-daily dose, could be divided across the day to minimize dose-related side effects

• Taking medications with food may decrease nausea

• Reminding patients that sedating medications should be taken in the evening, and activating ones in the morning

• Flexibility in time of dosing: a significant percentage of patients on SSRIs experience sedation rather than insomnia, warranting a change to evening dosing

Should intolerable side effects warrant medication change, select a medication in the same class as the first but with a different side effect profile; patients can have variable reactions to different SSRIs despite their apparent similarity. For instance, paroxetine is more sedative, and sertraline may cause more gastrointestinal distress than other SSRIs.

Response, or Acute Treatment, Period

This period overlaps with the initial phase of treatment and continues until response is achieved, usually two to four months. The goal during this phase is to control the present symptoms of depression. It is important to differentiate between partial and complete response; complete response implies total recovery from all symptoms of depression, whereas a partial response is usually defined as a reduction in symptoms.

The time to response varies between patients. Few patients show a significant response before two weeks. The usual range for response is three to four weeks; however, it can take six weeks or longer. For patients who complete a satisfactory treatment regimen, the response rate for antidepressants is about 60 to 70%, although some of these responses will be partial. Response rates may be as high as 80% with antidepressants when an adequate dose is given for an adequate time.