title: Medication as a potential cause of depression.
abstract: Many different drugs have been reported to cause depression. The substantive literature is reviewed, with particular attention to antihypertensive and cardiac drugs, oral contraceptives, levodopa and major tranquilizers. The nature of the relationship between physical illness, therapeutic drug use and the potentiation or precipitation of depression is explored.
mesh_terms: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000009:adverse effects; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects; D002317:Cardiovascular Agents / Q000009:adverse effects; D002927:Cimetidine / Q000009:adverse effects; D003276:Contraceptives, Oral / Q000009:adverse effects; D003863:Depression / Q000139:chemically induced*; D006801:Humans; D007980:Levodopa / Q000009:adverse effects; D013256:Steroids / Q000009:adverse effects
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D002317:Cardiovascular Agents; D003276:Contraceptives, Oral; D013256:Steroids; D007980:Levodopa; D002927:Cimetidine