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Drug Alert System Designed by FDA

By Eileen Bailey Health Expert

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently began posting a listing of prescription medications that may have potential risks or safety issues on their website. This listing is an effort to improve communication between the FDA and the public and medical community about possible risks that have been identified in certain medications.

 

Although this measure is considered to be a good start to letting patients and their doctors know about what medications are being investigated, it does not ...

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Expert & Community Posts

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Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Smoking
By Eileen Bailey , Health Expert

...experts believe that close to 55 percent of people with Generalized Anxiety Disorder smoke.  ... Read more »

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Managing Anxiety During Tough Economic Times
By Jerilyn Ross, M.A., L.I.C.S.W. , Health Expert

...powerless to control their anxiety. These people may have generalized anxiety disorder.  ... Read more »

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The Upcoming Election and Anxiety
By Eileen Bailey , Health Expert

...nervous, losing sleep and spending days searching for information on the internet about the... Read more »

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Processing Emotions and Anxiety
By Eileen Bailey , Health Expert

...difficulty in processing emotional situations.   For more information on Alexithymia:   The... Read more »

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Anxiety and Aromatherapy
By Eileen Bailey , Health Expert

...National Association for Holistic Aromatherapy provides information on approved schools and the... Read more »

Health Guide

Anxiety in Relationships
...anxiety was treated, the relationships improved.In a survey completed by ADAA over 1000 people with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) were questioned on the role anxiety played in their... Read more »
ADHD and Anxiety
...treated Separation Anxiety Disorder can develop into a different anxiety disorder. For more information on Anxiety Disorders, please visit Anxiety at Health Central. Sources: ... Read more »
Treating Your Fear of the Dentist
...Twenty percent of people with dental phobia also suffer from another psychiatric disorder, such as Generalized Anxiety Disorder, agoraphobia or depression. Causes of Dental Phobia There... Read more »
Anxiety Disorders: Medications
...(Paxil) are specifically FDA-approved for PTSD, although studies suggest that other SSRIs may be helpful.Generalized Anxiety Disorder. SSRIs have been less studied for generalized anxiety, but... Read more »
Stress vs. anxiety
...Anxiety disorders are a group of psychiatric conditions that involve excessive anxiety. They include generalized anxiety disorder, specific phobias, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and social... Read more »

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