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Wednesday, November, 11, 2009

Depression And Back Pain

Back pain linked to depression

October 03, 2008
A recent survey suggests that people with chronic back pain are more likely to suffer from depression than the general population. Sixty-one percent of poll respondents reported a diagnosis of depression, compared with the 5 percent depression rate that experts say exists in the population at large. Read more »

Expert & Community Posts

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Anti-Depressants and Chronic Low Back Pain: Not Always a Happy Solution
By Dr. Mark Borigini , Health Expert

...anti-depressants in the treatment of chronic low back pain. However, the authors of a recent... Read more »

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Genital Herpes and Depression
By Charlotte Grayson, M.D. , Health Expert

...Depression can have physical symptoms too: Headaches, back pain, muscle and joint pains,... Read more »

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Somatic Symptoms of Depression
By Chris Ballas, M.D. , Health Expert

...the types of mood symptoms that most people with back pain, stomach pain or dizziness have, you... Read more »

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Depression Questions and Answers for 12/3/07
By Ask the Expert Patient , Health Expert

...depression? Full question and answer.Lexapro and lower back pain? Full question and answer.I... Read more »

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Lexapro and lower back pain?
By Ask the Expert Patient , Health Expert

...that can affect your life. The symptom was lower back pain. Now I have been taking Lexapro now... Read more »

Health Guide

Back pain: low
...bending from your waist, leads to the feeling of pain. Alternative Names Backache; Low back pain; Lumbar pain; Pain - back Considerations If you are like most... Read more »
Back Pain and Sciatica: Risk Factors
...injury, after lifting a heavy object, or after making an abrupt movement. Not all people experience back pain after such events, however. A number of conditions may make people more or less... Read more »
Pancreatic carcinoma
... Nausea and vomiting Weakness Fatigue Diarrhea Indigestion Back pain Clay-colored stools Paleness Depression Signs and... Read more »
Conservative Treatments for TMJ Disorder
...headaches, and nerve painpain specialists for pain management, medication management, and neck and back pain, rheumatologist for arthritis, fibromyalgia or other related diseases and disordersear... Read more »
Helping Boomers Survive the Sandwich Generation Years
...experience high levels of anxiety, guilt and depression, and suffer increased rates of insomnia and back pain from the mental and physical wear-and-tear.Millions of words have been written in... Read more »

Medications

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...eye pain/discharge) vision changes seizures back pain unusual skin growths A very... Read more »

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...delayed/irregular/absent periods) stomach/abdominal pain back pain ... Read more »

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...of the following serious side effects: severe back pain numbness/tingling/weakness of the... Read more »

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...voice changes, runny nose, flu-like symptoms, or back pain may also occur. If any of these... Read more »

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...unlikely but serious side effects occur: arm/leg/back pain fast heartbeat hair loss/color... Read more »

Related News

Antidepressants don't ease back pain
October 03, 2008

A new analysis by a non-profit group that evaluates medical research has found that antidepressants don't help relieve back pain. Nearly one in four... Read summary »

FDA asked to consider Cymbalta for chronic pain
October 03, 2008

Drugmaker Eli Lilly & Co. has asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to approve Cymbalta for the management of chronic pain. Lilly's... Read summary »

Cymbalta tested for chronic back pain
October 03, 2008

Cymbalta, a drug used to treat major depressive order, has shown promise as a treatment for chronic low back pain in a small clinical trial. In the... Read summary »

Study: Women's loss of desire affects health, quality of life
February 19, 2009

Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals have found that women who have lower levels of... Read summary »

Linking Fibromyalgia to the Brain
January 15, 2009

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Fibromyalgia patients may finally have some answers as to what causes their disease. Researchers in France used single photon... Read summary »