Nassa

by ReiToei

Thu Aug 02 2001 at 12:22:44

NaSSa is an acronym for "noradrenergic and specific serotonergic antidepressants", a new type of mood enhancing drug that has recently been developed for sufferers of depression.

It differs from it's predecessors SSRI's (selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors) in that the drugs affects two neurotransmitters in the brain, serotonin and noadrenaline, selectively.

The drug is available in two forms, Remeron in the US and Zispin in Britain. The generic pharmaceutical name for the drug is mirtazapine.

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by Webster 1913

Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:22:43

Nas"sa (?), n.; pl. E. Nassas (#), L. NassAe (#). [From L. nassa a kind of basket, in allusion to the reticulation of some species.] Zool.

Any species of marine gastropods, of the genera Nassa, Tritia, and other allied genera of the family Nassidae; a dog whelk. See Illust. under Gastropoda.

-- nas"soid (#), a.