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OBJECTIVE:To inspect the status quo of the consumption and the developmental tendency of antidepressants.METHODS:The relative data of16kinds of frequently used antidepressants in6cities from1998to2004were statistically analyzed by the ordering of consumption sum and frequency of drug use(DDDs).RESULTS:The consumption sum and fre?quency of drug use(DDDs)kept increasing year by year,which increased by312.56%and163.49%,respectively in year2004compared with year1998.The consumption amount of expensive new type antidepressants,mostly from import and joint-venture,had a big increase,while that of the low costs such as the tricyclic category was on the decrease.CONCLUSION:The pharmaceutical business of our country should speed up to develop the same kind of safe,valid,stable and economical drug within the permission of intellectual property rights to meet the multistrata demands of the market.