Tag Archives: Prozac
Are Antidepressants like Paxil Effective or Placebo?
Posted on 07. Jun, 2010 by admin.
In the early 1990s, everyone was listening to Prozac - right up until they weren’t anymore. By the middle of that decade, the media had begun spotlighting disasters involving the life-changing wonder drug - cases of suicide, even mass murder, apparently spurred by Prozac and similar medications. And by 2005, the Food and Drug Administration [...]
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Antidepressants can help people with physical ills
Posted on 17. Mar, 2010 by admin.
Antidepressants such as Eli Lilly’s Prozac or GlaxoSmithKline’s Paxil can help depressed patients with physical illness, and doctors should consider them more often, researchers said on Wednesday.
While around 10 percent of patients with physical diseases are thought to suffer from depression, studies suggest doctors are less likely to prescribe antidepressants because they are not sure [...]
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Antidepressants may have risks after menopause
Posted on 28. Dec, 2009 by admin.
Older women who take an antidepressant seem to have a small but noteworthy increased risk of stroke and death compared to older women not on an antidepressant medication, a new study shows.
But given that depression itself is a well-established risk factor for early death, heart disease and other ills, the study’s author told Reuters Health, [...]
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Antidepressants Usage in the USA Almost Doubled
Posted on 04. Aug, 2009 by admin.
Antidepressant use among U.S. residents almost doubled between 1996 and 2005, along with a concurrent rise in the use of other psychotropic medications, a new report shows.
The increase seemed to span virtually all demographic groups.
“Over 10 percent of people over the age of 6 were receiving anti-depression medication. That strikes me as significant,” said study [...]
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Antidepressants Linked to Preterm Birth
Posted on 06. May, 2008 by admin.
Taking antidepressants in pregnancy may raise the risk of giving birth prematurely, researchers report.
But left untreated, depression may also increase the chance of preterm birth, says researcher Katherine Wisner, MD, professor of psychiatry, ob-gyn, and women’s studies at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
Each pregnant woman has to work with her doctor to weigh the [...]