Evidence-Based Pharmacotherapy of Generalised Anxiety Disorder: Focus on Agomelatine

Recent network meta-analyses support the use of pharmacotherapy in patients with generalised anxiety disorder (GAD). Compared with placebo, drug treatment can improve symptoms and quality of life, and is more effective in preventing relapse. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors are generally considered the first-line agents of choice in GAD, but in some patients, an alternative evidence-based...