ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:To provide reference for rational use of antidepressant drugs in the clinic. METHODS:The utilization of antidepressant drugs in Nanjing during the period of 2011-2013 were analyzed statistically in respect of DDD,DDDs,DDC,av-erage annual growth rate and ratio of ranking method . RESULTS:From 2011 to 2013,consumption sum and DDDs of antidepres-sant drugs increased year by year in 31 hospitals of Nanjing;paroxetine occupied the first place in the list of consumption sum. Se-lective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) got the top place ranked by DDDs,followed by serotonin/norepinephrine reuptake in-hibitors and special serotonin antidressant. CONCLUSIONS:The application of antidepressant drugs in Nanjing area is basically rea-sonable. SSRIs,such as fluvoxamine,fluoxetine,citalopram,sertraline and paroxetine,are still the first-line antidepressant drugs recent years in Nanjing.