Blogs Posts in Antidepressants category; 27 blog posts

Where Pills and Crime Collide

LOS ANGELES — Important safety information: Adverse reactions associated with this product include dry mouth, nausea, headaches, anxiety, insomnia. And murder? It was only a matter of time before Hollywood, where antidepressant [...]

Posted On : Jan, 15 2013 | Comments : 0

Antidepressant eases radiation-related mouth pain in head, n...

An oral rinse of the antidepressant doxepin significantly eased pain associated with oral mucositis in patients receiving radiation therapy for cancers of the head and neck, a study led by Mayo Clinic found. The findings were presented at [...]

Posted On : Oct, 31 2012 | Comments : 0

Waiting Until You’re “Old Enough” for Antidepressants

What’s it like to suffer from severe depression for as long as you can remember – and to be too scared to ask for help until age 18? Today I’m featuring the story of Allie, a 21-year-old college senior in Wisconsin wh [...]

Posted On : Sep, 12 2012 | Comments : 0

Antidepressants -- not depression -- increase risk of preter...

The results, reported May 25 online in the journal Epidemiology, are good news for women who worry that their depression will harm their baby. Researchers also stress that women who take antidepressants during pregnancy should not be over [...]

Posted On : May, 30 2012 | Comments : 0

The truth about depression: six people speak out

Depression is not picky. Men, women, rich, poor, white, black. No one is immune. It is not just an illness for people with dark, mysterious pasts or chaotic presents. It is ubiquitous. Empirical and anecdotal evidence suggests this is fas [...]

Posted On : Mar, 15 2012 | Comments : 0

Antidepressant-suicide link in youths absent in new analysis

In 2004, concerns about antidepressant drugs increasing suicidal thoughts and behaviors in young patients prompted the FDA to issue a rare "black box warning." Now, a new analysis of clinical trial data finds that treatment with [...]

Posted On : Mar, 07 2012 | Comments : 0

COULD GAMES BE THE NEW ANTIDEPRESSANTS?

Leading up to the release of our Future Of Gaming report, the PSFK consulting team spoke with the founder of Kill Screen, Jamin Warren. Kill Screen a videogame arts and publishing company exploring the intersection of games, technology an [...]

Posted On : Jan, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

Workings Of The Antidepressants

An antidepressant is generally used as a psychiatric medication which is consumed in order to decrease depression or dysthymia that is commonly known as the milder depression. The antidepressants are normally consumed as a course continui [...]

Posted On : Dec, 29 2011 | Comments : 0

Antidepressant, Talk Therapy Fail to Beat Placebo

Neither antidepressants nor "talk therapy" were able to outperform inactive placebo pills in a new clinical trial on depression treatment -- though there were hints that the effects varied based on people's sex and race, res [...]

Posted On : Dec, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

Antidepressant use figures defended

Doctors in Scotland are prescribing antidepressants "appropriately and in accordance with clinical guidelines", public health minister Michael Matheson has told MSPs. Mr Matheson, responding to reports on health statistics, said [...]

Posted On : Oct, 03 2011 | Comments : 0

Antidepressants and anti-clotting medication may raise bleed...

Heart attack patients are sometimes prescribed selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors to treat depression. But if those SSRIs are taken in combination with anti-blood clotting drugs, those patients could be at greater risk for bleeding, [...]

Posted On : Sep, 27 2011 | Comments : 0

What Is Antidepressant Medication Research and Where Is It H...

The main focus of most antidepressant medication research is how to counter the various side effects that these medications cause. Besides that, the research also wants to discover how these side effects work and which medications give th [...]

Posted On : Jul, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

What Are Augmenter Antidepressant Drugs?

There are patients that need Augmenter antidepressants to make their medication more effective and of these, the most prescribed is Lithium and triiodothyronine. There are also other drugs that are neuroleptic or antipsychotic th [...]

Posted On : Jul, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

The Different Types of Antidepressant Medications

Antidepressants have several types or classification. All of which mainly aims to treat depression. Amitriptyline is among the types of antidepressant medication and is given in several doses to include 10mg, 25mg, 50mg, 75mg, 100mg, and [...]