What Doctors Don't Tell YouDespite the advent of new antidepressant drugs such as the SSRIs, psychiatrists are still prescribing the older tricyclic drugs, the best known of which are amitriptyline and imipramine.
The new "wonder" antidepressants have been shown to promote cancer growth in some preliminary animal studies. ...
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The antidepressant drug paroxetine (brand name Seroxat), along with other so called SSRIs (selective serotonin re uptake inhibitors), is associated with extrapyramidal reactions (the part of the ...
Overweight people often dream about a magic bullet that will make them slim overnight. But dexfenfluramine is one bullet that can be hit or miss, sometimes with serious consequences. ...
Prozac the "happy drug" to ease depression could soon be called up to treat PMS sufferers as well. ...
Moclobemide had its origins as an antituberculosis drug before being developed as an antidepressant, once it was discovered it could cause euphoria in tuberculosis patients. ...
People recently prescribed an antidepressant are more likely to commit suicide than those given a prescription more than 30 days earlier, researchers have discovered. ...
Paroxetine hydrochloride is an antidepressant that has been causing concern at the UK's Committee on Safety of Medicines. Manufactured by SmithKline Beecham, it is part of the SSRI (selective ser ...
In early February, the newspapers jubilantly announced the end of the search for a magic bullet that would successfully treat the depression and anxiety that affects an estimated one in four women ...
