Paxil

Depressed patients on paroxetine may experience personality changes.

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009

The Los Angeles Times (12/7, Healy) “Booster Shots” blog reported that, according to a study published in the Dec. issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) “antidepressants effect profound and rapid personality changes in those who respond to them. Compared to a group of depressed [...]

Boost your mood by going to the source: brain chemicals

Monday, December 7th, 2009

Brain 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 [...]

Effective Treatments Available for Anxiety Disorder

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

When worries pile up, seem inescapable and interfere with day-to-day activities, it’s time to see a doctor. Overwhelming worry is a symptom of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). The March issue of Mayo Clinic Health Letter covers the symptoms of GAD and treatment options.
With generalized anxiety disorder, shedding worries is difficult, even when the worry is [...]

Stopping medicine suddenly can lead to withdrawal

Monday, March 9th, 2009

Source: 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 [...]

SSRI Antidepressants May Lower Adult Suicide Risk

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009

But 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, 2009

Researchers 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 [...]

Understanding Depression and antidepressant medications

Sunday, January 25th, 2009

Understanding Depression and antidepressant medications
Source:  dddnews.com
Approximately 121 million people are affected by depression worldwide, which causes the illness to be the leading cause of disability, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
“In my experience as a practicing psychiatrist, I’ve seen that many people with depression don’t realize that they have the condition or that it’s [...]