Editing Antidepressant (section)

==== United States ====
In the United States, antidepressants were the most commonly prescribed medication in 2013.<ref name="AJantidepressantstatsUS" /> Of the estimated 16 million "long term" (over 24 months) users, roughly 70 percent are female.<ref name="AJantidepressantstatsUS">{{cite web|vauthors=White R|title=Waking up from sadness: Many find trouble getting off antidepressants|url=http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/1/22/patients-mostly-womenfindtroublegettingoffofantidepressants.html|publisher=Al Jazeera|access-date=8 June 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714142717/http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/1/22/patients-mostly-womenfindtroublegettingoffofantidepressants.html|archive-date=14 July 2014}}</ref> {{As of|2017}}, about 16.5% of white people in the United States took antidepressants compared with 5.6% of black people in the United States.<ref name="APP2017">{{cite web|title=By the numbers: Antidepressant use on the rise|url=https://www.apa.org/monitor/2017/11/numbers.aspx|website=apa.org|access-date=1 February 2019}}</ref>

[[File:Sertraline2DACS2.svg|thumb|alt=<!--empty-->|link=<!--empty-->|class=skin-invert-image|Structural formula of the SSRI [[sertraline]]]]

'''United States:''' The most commonly prescribed antidepressants in the US retail market in 2010 were:<ref>{{cite web|title=Top 200 generic drugs by units in 2010|url=http://drugtopics.modernmedicine.com/drugtopics/data/articlestandard//drugtopics/252011/727243/article.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121215070930/http://drugtopics.modernmedicine.com/drugtopics/data/articlestandard//drugtopics/252011/727243/article.pdf|archive-date=15 December 2012}}{{cite web|title=Top 200 brand drugs by units in 2010|url=http://drugtopics.modernmedicine.com/drugtopics/data/articlestandard//drugtopics/252011/727256/article.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120422181417/http://drugtopics.modernmedicine.com/drugtopics/data/articlestandard//drugtopics/252011/727256/article.pdf|archive-date=22 April 2012}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! scope="col" | '''Drug name'''
! scope="col" | '''Drug class'''
! scope="col" | '''Total prescriptions'''
|-
| [[Sertraline]]
| [[SSRI]]
| 33,409,838
|-
| [[Citalopram]]
| [[SSRI]]
| 27,993,635
|-
| [[Fluoxetine]]
| [[SSRI]]
| 24,473,994
|-
| [[Escitalopram]]
| [[SSRI]]
| 23,000,456
|-
| [[Trazodone]]
| [[Serotonin antagonist and reuptake inhibitor|SARI]]
| 18,786,495
|-
|[[Venlafaxine]] (all formulations)
|[[Serotonin–norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor|SNRI]]
|16,110,606
|-
|[[Bupropion]] (all formulations)
|[[Norepinephrine–dopamine reuptake inhibitor|NDRI]]
|15,792,653
|-
| [[Duloxetine]]
| [[Serotonin–norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor|SNRI]]
| 14,591,949
|-
| [[Paroxetine]]
| [[SSRI]]
| 12,979,366
|-
| [[Amitriptyline]]
| [[Tricyclic antidepressant|TCA]]
| 12,611,254
|-
| [[Venlafaxine]] XR
| [[Serotonin–norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor|SNRI]]
| 7,603,949
|-
| [[Bupropion]] XL
| [[Norepinephrine–dopamine reuptake inhibitor|NDRI]]
| 7,317,814
|-
| [[Mirtazapine]]
| [[Tetracyclic antidepressant|TeCA]]
| 6,308,288
|-
| [[Venlafaxine]] ER
| [[Serotonin–norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor|SNRI]]
| 5,526,132
|-
| [[Bupropion]] SR
| [[Norepinephrine–dopamine reuptake inhibitor|NDRI]]
| 4,588,996
|-
| [[Desvenlafaxine]]
| [[Serotonin–norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor|SNRI]]
| 3,412,354
|-
| [[Nortriptyline]]
| [[Tricyclic antidepressant|TCA]]
| 3,210,476
|-
| [[Bupropion]] ER
| [[Norepinephrine–dopamine reuptake inhibitor|NDRI]]
| 3,132,327
|-
| [[Venlafaxine]]
| [[Serotonin–norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor|SNRI]]
| 2,980,525
|-
| [[Bupropion]]
| [[Norepinephrine–dopamine reuptake inhibitor|NDRI]]
| 753,516
|}

'''Netherlands:''' In the Netherlands, [[paroxetine]] is the most prescribed antidepressant, followed by [[amitriptyline]], [[citalopram]] and [[venlafaxine]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gipdatabank.nl/index.asp?scherm=tabellenFrameSet&infoType=g&tabel=01-basis&item=N06AB|title=GIPdatabank|publisher=Gipdatabank.nl|access-date=6 November 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206123718/http://www.gipdatabank.nl/index.asp?scherm=tabellenFrameSet&infoType=g&tabel=01-basis&item=N06AB|archive-date=6 December 2008}}</ref>