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| No Link Between Antidepressants And Birth Defects | | 2008-05-25 19:05:46 | | Good news for expectant mothers. According to a new study from the Université de Montréal and Ste. Justine Hospital published in the May edition of the British Journal of Psychiatry, expectant mothers can safely use prescribed antidepressants during their first trimester based upon a study on 2,329 new mothers.
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| Who Are We? Coming of Age on Antidepressants | | 2008-04-15 00:24:52 | | Mind : By RICHARD A. FRIEDMAN, M.D.
“I’ve grown up on medication,” my patient Julie told me recently. “I don’t have a sense of who I really am without it.”
At 31, she had been on one antidepressant or another nearly continuously since she was 14. There was little question that she had very serious depression and [...] | | By: ArticlesModern | | |
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| Antidepressants | | 2008-04-01 15:29:00 | | There has been a lot of talk about antidepressants in the media and how effective they really are for certain groups of people effected by depression. The main gripe I have with this particular class of medication is that doctors hand them out to easily without exploring other methods such as therapy first but what can you do as we live in a world where people want results fast.Most people believe for some reason that an antidepressant is going to make them happy and this is not the case, not even close for that matter. What antidepressant may do is provide that kick in the ass to get you motivated and hopefully reduce the symptoms of depression to make the battle a little bit more easier. The problem is not every person reacts the same way to medication so finding the right med requires a little, or a lot, of trial and error. So lets look at the variety of antidepressants that are out there.Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRI)- This class makes the serotonin that your br | | By: UNTREATABLE' S BLOG - Borderline Personality Self | | |
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| Study finds antidepressants no better than sugar pills | | 2008-02-28 05:05:00 | | Study: Four of the most commonly prescribed antidepressants, including Prozac, work no better than placebo sugar pills to help mild to moderate depression, says a study published in PloS (Public Library of Science) Medicine. Irving Kirsch of the department of psychology at Hull University in England and colleagues in the U.S. and Canada compared trial results for patients taking a sugar pill with those given the antidepressants fluoxetine (Prozac), paroxetine (Seroxat), venlafaxine (Effexor) and nefazodone (Serzone). They found that patients felt better but those on placebos improved as much as those on the drugs. The only exception: the most severely depressed did better on the drugs.
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| Abuse Of Antidepressants And How To Avoid | | 2008-02-18 09:02:41 | | There is a reason why there are strict laws against medicines being sold only with a prescription-not only are they harmful taken without a doctor’s consultation, but also usually do not take effect in the manner desired by the consumer. Incorrect or excessive dosage is potentially dangerous. Abuse of antidepressants has led to addiction, [...] | | By: Online Business Alliance & Niches | | |
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| Antidepressants and Big Pharma | | 2008-01-22 19:36:00 | | Big Pharma is at it again! Do you or a family member take a doctor prescribed antidepressant? We are talking about Zoloft, Serzone, Wellbutrin, Paxil, Effexor, Celexa, Lexapro, and Prozac among others. It appears the pharmaceutical industry has been misleading not only consumers but also the doctors who prescribe these drugs!The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has concluded that the effectiveness of these popular antidepressants has been exaggerated by the selective publication of favorable test data,
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| Pushing Antidepressants: Psychiatrist does 'march of shame' | | 2008-01-14 12:10:00 | | An American psychiatrist is giving his services for free in what he describes as his “march of shame” after he became an unwitting cog in Wyeth’s marketing machine for its antidepressant Effexor (venlafaxine).He is also urging other doctors to “come in from the dark side” and to stop accepting gifts and incentives from drug companies as reward for promoting a drug.
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| Antidepressants during pregnancy | | 2007-12-20 08:33:10 | | Taking antidepressants during pregnancy may pose risks for your baby — but stopping may pose risks for you.
Antidepressants are the first line of treatment for most types of depression. Antidepressants can help relieve your symptoms and keep you feeling your best. But there’s more to the story when you’re pregnant or thinking about getting pregnant. [...] | | By: Health blog | | |
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| Most Prescribed Drug in U.S.: Antidepressants | | 2007-07-10 15:27:00 | | "Doctors are now medicating unhappiness," said Dr. Dworkin, a Maryland anesthesiologist and senior fellow at Washington's Hudson Institute. "Too many people take drugs when they really need to be making changes in their lives."read more | digg storyhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/naOQ | | By: Genius of Love | | |
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| Antidepressants linked to suicide risk in young adults | | 2007-05-06 12:56:58 | | May 2nd - Food and Drug Administration , otherwise known as FDA proposed that the antidepressant manufacturers shall include a warning of increased risk of suicidal thinking and behavior in young adults aged 18 to 24 during initial treatment on the existing black box of their products labeling.
FDA proposal is based on their internal committee’s finding on 77,000 adult patients with major depressive disorders.
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| Could Antidepressants Explain the Virginia Tech Massacre? | | 2007-04-24 18:28:00 | | A variety of news sources have reported that Cho Seung Hui, the Virginia Tech shooter who killed 32 students and faculty members in a shooting rampage, was taking antidepressant drugs.Antidepressants have also been used by the perpetrators of previous and similar acts of violence, including the shootings at Columbine High School eight years ago.There are known links between antidepressants and violent acts. Research on the drug Paxil found that more than twice as many people taking it experienced a serious "hostility event" as did those taking a placebo. In the United States, labels for all antidepressants note that anxiety, agitation, panic attacks, irritability, hostility, aggressiveness, impulsivity, and mania are all possible side effects.Part of the cause may be the disconnect with reality these drugs sometimes reportedly cause. In another study of the links between antidepressants and violence, a 12-year-old boy who killed his grandparents while he was on a course of antidepressa | | By: Full Time Income From Home | | |
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