The Carlat Psychiatry Podcast
The Rise and Sudden Fall of Zimelidine: The First SSRI
How the SSRIs were derived from Benadryl, how a forgotten antidepressant almost brought the serotonergic industry to a halt in the 1980’s, and how this all culminated in a Nobel prize and a new theory of dopamine.
Published On: 11/16/2020
Duration: 23 minutes, 34 seconds
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