Depression
« Previous Entries1 in 2 seniors on antidepressants face drug interactions
Monday, December 20th, 2010Source: MSNBC/Reuters
Resulting side effects caused many to stop their prescription, new study finds
More than half of older Americans taking an antidepressant for the first time were already taking another drug that could interact with it and cause side-effects, researchers reported on Friday.
And a quarter of patients who suffered side-effects stopped taking antidepressants altogether, the study [...]
Seroquel Recommended By European Drug Regulators As Add-On Treatment For Depression.
Monday, April 26th, 2010The AP (4/24) reported, “AstraZeneca PLC says its schizophrenia drug Seroquel XR [quetiapine] has been recommended by” the European Medicines Agency “as an add-on treatment for depression.” The agency’s decision “overturns an earlier rejection for the drug’s new use from the Netherlands, which was acting as a reference state for the EU.” [...]
Antidepressants Improve Cognitive Function and Memory
Thursday, February 4th, 2010A new study shows taking antidepressants after suffering a stroke could help patients recover more of their memory. Researchers at the University of Iowa studied more than 100 stroke survivors who took either a problem solving class, a placebo pill or an antidepressant for 12 weeks.
Researchers found those taking the antidepressant scored higher on tests [...]
Antidepressant, antipsychotic polypharmacy on the rise
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010Source: MedWire News
Polypharmacy involving antidepressant and antipsychotic medications has increased significantly since the mid-1990s, with many of these combinations not supported by data from clinical trials, say US researchers.
“These trends put patients at increased risk of drug–drug interactions with uncertain gains for quality of care and clinical outcomes,” say Ramin Mojtabai (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, [...]
Patients with MDD taking paroxetine may undergo greater personality change.
Saturday, January 2nd, 2010Medscape (12/23, Cassels) reported that, according to a study published in the Dec. issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry, “patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) taking paroxetine underwent greater personality change than those taking placebo, including a significant reduction in neuroticism and a marked increase in extraversion, even after controlling for [...]
Boost your mood by going to the source: brain chemicals
Monday, December 7th, 2009Brain chemistry can be affected by diet, exercise, stress management, sleep, probiotics and medication
By Bobbe Taber, For BE Healthy magazine
Good days. Bad days. We all have them. What if we could choose to have more good days?
Dr. Joyce Frye, of the Center for Integrative Medicine at The University of Maryland, says depression can be a [...]
Is It Bipolar Disorder or Depression? Learn the Signs
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009Source: Fox News
By Marrecca Fiore
Bipolar disorder and major depression are two very different mental health conditions that, to the chagrin of sufferers, often manifest with similar symptoms.
Both major depression and bipolar disorder can be debilitating conditions, and giving patients a proper diagnosis will ensure they get the proper treatment and medication they need, said Dr. [...]
Depression and The Recession: Cymbalta Sales Are on the Rise
Sunday, August 30th, 2009During a downturn, we tend to seek the “bright spots” — sectors or products that are doing well when all the rest are struggling. For example, there were plenty of reports over the past year about retail items — lipstick, chocolate, and macaroni and cheese — that were bucking downward trends and selling well during [...]
SSRI Antidepressants May Lower Adult Suicide Risk
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009But their effect on depressed individuals under 25 remains unclear, researchers say
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) may significantly reduce the risk of attempted or completed suicide in depressed adults, according to a review of eight large-scale observational studies.
SSRIs include such widely used antidepressants as Celexa, Paxil, Prozac and Zoloft.
The authors, from the World Health Organization [...]
Popular Antidepressants: How They Stack Up
Thursday, January 29th, 2009Researchers Rank 12 Common Antidepressants on Efficacy, Acceptability
To rate the 12 antidepressants studied, researchers used two separate measures. The first was efficacy — or how likely patients were to experience the desired effects of the drug. The second was acceptability — the likelihood that a patient would continue using a drug for the duration of [...]
