Antidepressant medications are used to treat a variety of conditions, including depression and other mental/mood disorders. These medications can help prevent suicidal thoughts/attempts and provide other important benefits. However, studies have shown that a small number of people (especially people younger than 25) who take antidepressants for any condition may experience worsening depression, other mental/mood...
Read moreQuestion: Susan wrote... The other day I sat down and read my side effects to the med Lexapro. While reading the some of the effects I... Read more »
Hey everybody! Hope you all are having a good day today. We are going to get back to doing our member medication reviews. This week... Read more »
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Recently, I was invited to give a grand rounds lecture at a mental facility in Princeton, New Jersey. I arrived early and had a chance to walk the... Read more »
A reader asks The People's Pharmacy's Joe and Teresa Graedon if the antidepressant Lexapro could be the cause of the reader's profuse, sudden... Read more »