Lexapro
Escitalopram may help stroke patients recover some mental skills.
Thursday, February 4th, 2010The Los Angeles Times (2/2, Roan) reports, “Widely used antidepressants may help patients recover cognitive functions, such as memory skills, that are damaged following a stroke,” according to a study published in the February issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry “and funded by the National Institute of Mental Health.”
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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 [...]
Stopping medicine suddenly can lead to withdrawal
Monday, March 9th, 2009Source: People’s Pharmacy
Starting a new medicine is easy. Stopping can be hell.
Mention the word “withdrawal” and images of dope addicts or alcoholics come to mind: a junkie trying to kick a heroin habit or a wino going through the hallucinations and shakes of delirium tremens.
But a surprising number of upstanding citizens who have done nothing [...]
Depression often linked with pain
Wednesday, February 18th, 2009Like the famous question, “Which comes first, the chicken or the egg?” both depression and pain can be the other’s cause or effect. While depression can generate and amplify pain due to an imbalance in neurotransmitters, extended pain, in turn, can cause a person to become depressed.
Over 75 percent of patients with depression complain [...]
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 [...]
Study deems Zoloft, Lexapro best newer antidepressants
Thursday, January 29th, 2009An analysis of 117 studies found that among 12 newer antidepressants, Forest Laboratories’ Lexapro and Pfizer’s Zoloft are the most well-tolerated and effective in decreasing symptoms after eight weeks of therapy. Providers can use the findings to determine “individual side-effect profiles, explore costs and patients’ preferences, and collaborate in identifying the best treatment,” a psychiatrist [...]
Lexapro may ease anxiety in older adults-US study
Wednesday, January 21st, 2009Lexapro may ease anxiety in older adults-US study
The popular antidepressant Lexapro showed promise at easing anxiety symptoms in older adults, but the effect was “modest” and would need to be studied further, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
They said antidepressants like Lexapro, made by Forest Laboratories Inc and known generically as escitalopram, may be useful as a [...]
Study indicates Lexapro may help treat generalized anxiety disorder in older adults.
Wednesday, January 21st, 2009Bloomberg News (1/21, Ostrow) reports that, according to a study published in the Jan. 21 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, “Forest Laboratories Inc.’s antidepressant Lexapro (escitalopram) aided older adults suffering from” generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). Researchers from Washington University in St. Louis, MO, found that nearly “70 percent of those aged [...]
