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, a small number of people (especially people younger than 25) who take antidepressants for any condition may experience worsening depression, other mental/mood symptoms, or...
Read moreThe FDA has put out a warning regarding a number of dietary supplements which are considered "diet aids" and which may be contaminated with... Read more »
As you may already know, Part 1 of my blog regarding "magic pills" for weight loss, was downright discouraging- a hodgepodge of "uppers"... Read more »
You have probably heard that a new over the counter diet pill has hit the store shelves. Alli, this new weight loss medication, has been... Read more »
Reader's Question: I am often confused about which calcium to take. There are so many of them out there. Which one is best? Does it... Read more »
If I had a dime for every patient that ever asked me if "there was something I could take" to "help me lose weight," I'd certainly be well... Read more »
Drugmaker Merck has announced it will seek Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for a new weight-loss medication in 2008. The med--called... Read more »
The so-called "natural" diet supplement known as Brazilian diet pills contains potentially addictive antidepressants, tranquilizers, and... Read more »
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has added 41 more product to a list of diet aids that may contain dangerous prescription drugs or illegal... Read more »
A reader asks pharmacists Joe and Teresa Graedon if the ingredients in an herbal diet pill the reader has purchased will interact badly with the... Read more »
Alli, the over-the-counter version of the weight-loss prescription Xenical, has hit drugstores in the United States. But some experts worry that diet... Read more »