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Zoloft

Zoloft

10 4.6
A medicine that treats depression and some anxiety problems
  • noun
  • /ˈzoʊlɒft/
  • Specialized
translation icon : Zoloft
  • Here's the Zoloft he takes for the crashing depressions.
  • Zoloft antidepressant

But I was on Zoloft my whole childhood.

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Examples

  • I don't think I would have survived that experience without Zoloft, and then Effexor.

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  • I take that, I take this Zoloft and I'm free of that for the most part.

  • But I was on Zoloft my whole childhood.

  • I may switch you to Zoloft.

  • Is that the Zoloft you prescribed?

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  • Dr. Mahmoud wrote that you were taking Zoloft, but went off it three weeks ago.

  • Eventually, I went off Zoloft and onto Wellbutrin.

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  • So antidepressants like Prozac and Zoloft affect this reuptake process.

  • I am taking one milligram of Risperdal, an anti-psychotic, and 50 milligrams of Zoloft, an anti-depressant, a day.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • Antidepressants like Zoloft are commonly prescribed to help manage anxiety and depression.

Synonyms

SSRI
vsZoloft
  • Specialized
5 4.1

A medicine that treats depression by increasing a brain chemical called serotonin

is a brand name for one medicine within that class
sertraline
vsZoloft
  • Specialized
1 4.4

A medicine used to treat depression and anxiety

is the trademarked brand name for that specific medicine
1 6.5

A medicine that treats depression by raising a brain chemical called serotonin

is a trademarked name used for a single drug in that class

Surface Forms

Zoloft singular
Zolofts plural

Etymology

The word Zoloft is a brand name for sertraline, a medicine used to treat depression and anxiety. A helpful way to remember Zoloft is to link it to sertraline and to picture a 'loft' or high place that 'lifts' your mood, so the name suggests a drug that can help improve mood.