Summary
This article tells you only that the drugs are equally effective, but not what that really means in real life.
Analysis
This article is a summary and doesn't tell you all the necessary information. The thing that is vital to know is that, all the antidepressants may be equally effective if given in sufficient doses, but they are not equally tolerated or equally safe. For example, trazodone may be as effective as Lexapro when each is given in therapeutic doses, but the side effects of trazodone at therapeutic doses can be so severe as to render it essentially unuseable. Serzone also is demonstrably effective, but can cause significant liver toxicity. So all are not equal. This summary article is likely to have no impact on how knowledgable physicians prescribe.
