New Antidepressant Med
Almost 40 million Americans suffer from chronic insomnia, but new research suggests that doctors often prescribe antidepressants for the disorder instead of sleep meds. The problem, experts say, is that doctors may have better experience with depression meds, and they may be treating patients who suffer from both conditions. But there is little evidence that depression medications are effective at treating insomnia.
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Study Questions the Effectiveness of Antidepressants
A New England Journal of Medicine study reviewed numerous antidepressant trials up to 2004, in an attempt to determine how well the data... Read more »
How to lose the antidepressant weight gain
Almost everyone who takes antidepressants gains at least 15 pounds. Add mood stabilizers to the mix of medications and weight can shoot up... Read more »
Medication Side Effects
One of the most common question that people on medication for depression and other psychiatric disorders have is about what side effects... Read more »
When Your Antidepressant Makes You Gain Weight
Recently, I received an email from a man who described his wife's frustration at her weight gain. She had worked very hard at losing weight... Read more »
Antidepressant Side Effects
The other day, I took an impromptu break at work to buy something to drink. "I'm just so dehydrated," I told my boss. "My blood pressure... Read more »
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New antidepressant preserves sex drive
A new antidepressant, vilazodone, treats depression symptoms while also preserving patients' sex drive, a new study has shown. In the recent clinical... Read more »
Study: American kids take more psychotropic meds
A new study shows that children in the United States are more likely to be prescribed psychotropic medications than their peers in Holland and... Read more »
Experts issue new psychiatric med guidelines for kids
More and more preschool-aged children are being treated with stimulants, antidepressants, and other psychiatric meds, even though many of these meds... Read more »
Antidepressants may be as good as antipsychotics for dementia
The antidepressant Celexa may be as effective as antipsychotic meds for people with dementia, a new study suggests. Researchers studied 103 patients... Read more »
Antidepressants don't ease back pain
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 more »
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