News tagged with antidepressant drugs


First generic lexapro approved

(HealthDay) -- The Israeli drug maker Teva Pharmaceuticals has gained the first U.S. approval to market generic Lexapro (escitalopram) to treat depression and general anxiety disorder, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...

Medications created Mar 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | 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 ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Magnetic therapy becoming more popular for treating depression

(Medical Xpress) -- A new magnetic therapy that treats major depression recently received a major boost when the government announced Medicare will cover the procedure in Illinois.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Common brain receptor in eyes may link epilepsy, cataracts and antidepressants

Researchers from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) and Columbia University have discovered that the most common receptor for the major neurotransmitter in the brain is also present in the lens ...

Medical research created Jan 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Multiple medicines may double fall rate for young and middle aged

(Medical Xpress) -- Working-age adults who take combinations of prescription medication may be doubling their risk of serious falls at home according to research from The University of Auckland.

Medications created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New book by University of Louisville professor enables reader to develop personalized anti-depression plan

A new book co-authored by the director of the University of Louisville Depression Center recognizes that depression is different for everyone and provides techniques and strategies for each person to develop a personalized ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

EHJ paper underlines need for improved links between cardiologists and psychiatrists

People taking anti-psychotic drugs and anti-depressant drugs have a much higher risk of dying during an acute coronary event of a fatal arrhythmia than the rest of the population, finds a Finnish study published in the European He ...

Cardiology created Nov 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In US, many with severe depression go untreated

The United States is a world leader in rates of antidepressant use, but as many as two-thirds of Americans with severe depression are not on medication, said a government study released Wednesday.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Reports of mental health disability increase in US

The prevalence of self-reported mental health disabilities increased in the U.S. among non-elderly adults during the last decade, according to a study by Ramin Mojtabai, MD, PhD, of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Sep 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Exercise can substitute effectively as second 'medication' for people with depression

Exercise can be as effective as a second medication for as many as half of depressed patients whose condition have not been cured by a single antidepressant medication.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Aug 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Ibuprofen, aspirin, other anti-inflammatory drugs reduce effectiveness of SSRI antidepressants

Scientists at the Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Disease Research at The Rockefeller University, led by Paul Greengard, Ph.D., and Jennifer Warner-Schmidt, Ph.D., have shown that anti-inflammatory drugs, which include ibuprofen, ...

Medications created Apr 25, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast