What is the difference between trazodone and sertraline?

The difference between trazodone and sertraline mainly lies in the different drug components, different indications, different adverse reactions and different contraindications. 1. Different drug components: Trazodone is mainly trazodone hydrochloride, belonging to the triazolopyridine class of antidepressants; sertraline is sertraline hydrochloride, a selective 5-hydroxytryptamine reuptake inhibitor, the two are different drugs. 2. Different indications: Trazodone is mainly applied to various types of depression and anxiety disorders with depressive symptoms and mood disorders after withdrawal of drug-dependent people; Sertraline is used to treat symptoms related to depression, including depression with or without a history of mania, accompanied by anxiety and depression, and can also be used for the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder. 3. Different adverse reactions: Trazodone adverse reactions include drowsiness, fatigue, dizziness, headache, insomnia, nervousness, tremor, dry mouth, blurred vision, etc.; Sertraline adverse reactions include insomnia, dizziness, headache, somnolence, diarrhea, nausea, anxiety, depressive symptoms. 4. Contraindications are different: in addition to allergy to drug components prohibited, severe heart disease, severe impairment of liver function, impaired consciousness, cardiac arrhythmia prohibited trazodone; and sertraline contraindications are relatively few, allergic to the product and the components contained in the person prohibited, prohibited and monoamine oxidase inhibitors, pimozide co-prescription. Trazodone and sertraline need to follow the doctor’s instructions when using medication, not to self-medication.