Are you giving your adult patients living with major depressive disorder the
best chance at remission?
of patients
did not reach remission with the first-line treatment, which was a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI).*
These rates increased with each successive therapy.1
The Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression (STAR*D) study provided up to 4 treatment steps for MDD patients (N=3671).1
*Remission was defined as a score of ≤5 on the 16-item QIDS-SR.1
†Percentage of patients who exited the study at each level due to intolerable side effects.
QIDS-SR=Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology-Self Report.