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There are probably a number of other drugs that could have done that, though.
Heroin, interestingly enough. IIRC they screened pain medicine recipients for depressive symptoms and in this way determined opiates relieve major depression more efficaciously than SSRIs.
SSRIs need to be obsolesced already. Screw the sexual dysfunction, how about increaased risk of suicidal ideation? How about them taking two entire weeks to work? The thing is the rest of the world doesn't seem to feel the burning desire to get as many people on them as possible and even have alternatives which aren't as limited. Reversible MAOI drugs like moclobemide have been around since the 90s and while they hav…
http://www.nature.com/npp/journal/v20/n3/pdf/1395258a.pdf You have to take pills more often (3x a day vs 1 a day) and only one potential benefit over SSRI which is less likelihood of sexual dysfunction.