Students are learning about the classifications of medications used to treat depression. Which of the following classifications do they learn is considered the classification of choice due to more tolerable side effects?

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Rationale 1: TCAs produce fewer side effects and are less dangerous than MAO inhibitors. However, TCAs have some unpleasant and serious side effects, including a potential to accumulate in cardiac tissue causing cardiac dysrhythmias.
Rationale 2: SSRIs are drugs of choice in the pharmacotherapy of depression due to their more tolerable side effects.
Rationale 3. MAO inhibitors are usually prescribed in cases where other antidepressants have not been successful. They have more serious side effects than other antidepressants.
Rationale 4: Norepinephrine re-uptake inhibitors have specific symptoms that they are used for and is currently only available through Health Canada's Special Access program.

Students Are Learning About the Classifications of Medications Used to Treat