The Effect of Seroquel in Long-Term Treatment of Patients With Schizophrenia
Posted By Kelly On Saturday, November 28th 2009 under: Seroquel (Quetiapine) Tags: Antidepressant, Drugs, Schizophrenia, Seroquel, Treatment
Clinical data recently presented at a major US psychiatric conference suggest that Seroquel ® (Quetiapine Fumarate) Tablets continue to be safe, effective and well-tolerated in the long-term treatment of both positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia in adults.
Positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia
Major features of schizophrenia include positive symptoms such as delusions, and hallucinations, and negative symptoms such as apathy, depression, and social withdrawal. While ... Read More
Facts About Seroquel (Quetiapine Fumarate) Tablets
Posted By Kelly On Saturday, November 28th 2009 under: Seroquel (Quetiapine) Tags: Drugs, Seroquel
• In September 1997, Seroquel was cleared for marketing by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Seroquel is an oral medication indicated for the management of the manifestations of psychotic disorders, including schizophrenia.
• Seroquel belongs to a new chemical class of atypical antipsychotics known as dibenzothiazepine derivatives.
• Three, short-term (six weeks or less) controlled trials of psychotic patients demonstrated that Seroquel is effective in treating both the positive and ... Read More
Tranquillizer and Antidepressant Drugs in Practice. Part 3
Posted By Kelly On Friday, November 27th 2009 under: Depression Tags: Antidepressants, Canada, Depression, Drugs
(Country: Canada)
Psychiatric Problems in Children
Tranquillizers have been used to a moderate degree in the treatment of similar psychiatric conditions in children, as in the anxiety reactions and the associated somatic symptoms. They are also of value in childhood schizophrenia. Promethazine has been a particularly helpful drug with very minimal side effects. Promazine and thioridazine have proved to have a similar function. Children who have such problems as speech defects, enuresis, ... Read More
Tranquillizer and Antidepressant Drugs in Practice. Part 2
Posted By Kelly On Friday, November 27th 2009 under: Depression Tags: Antidepressants, Canada, Depression, Drugs
(Country: Canada)
Miscellaneous Group
The drugs in the miscellaneous group which are most widely used are meprobamate and Librium.
Meprobamate is marketed under the trade names of Equanil, Miltown and Tranquiline. It has presented minimal toxic effects but has been misused by many people prone to drug addiction. The drug is essentially an effective medication for anxiety reactions but should be avoided, or at least used with considerable caution, in individuals with character ... Read More
Tranquillizer and Antidepressant Drugs in Practice. Part 1
Posted By Kelly On Friday, November 27th 2009 under: Depression Tags: Antidepressants, Canada, Depression, Drugs
(Country: Canada)
A healthy controversy continues to be manifested in the field of psychiatry concerning the use of drug therapy. This controversy is related to the following factors:
(a) The complexity of new drugs and the multiplicity of drugs offered from month to month to the physician.
(b) The difficulty in determining the effect of the drug as distinct from the psychological influence of placebo administration.
(c) The pressure on the ... Read More
Depression and Cocaine Use
Posted By Kelly On Friday, November 27th 2009 under: Depression Tags: Antidepressant, Depression, Drugs, Prozac
In clinical practices and research program we have commonly observed dual diagnoses in patients with serious disorders of alcohol or other substance abuse. One of the most frequently encountered comorbid psychologic disorders is depression. Although depression can be associated with alcohol or substance abuse as an antecedent or a consequence most of the current literature on cocaine appears to focus on depression as a consequence.
Clearly, depression is a known and ... Read More
Parkinson’s and Depression
Posted By Kelly On Friday, November 27th 2009 under: Question - Answer Tags: Depression, Drugs, Effexor, Luvox, Paxil, Prozac, Remeron, Zoloft
Question. I have an 80-year-old relative with Parkinson's disease and depression who was started on Prozac with good initial effects on mood and energy levels. Unfortunately, he complained of worsening tremor. A pharmaceutical representative for Zoloft has suggested that this antidepressant would be a better choice for use in patients with parkinsonian symptoms because it has some dopaminergic effects. Have there been any studies of patients with Parkinson's disease suggesting ... Read More
Early detection of depression. Part 4
Posted By Kelly On Thursday, November 26th 2009 under: Depression Tags: Depression, Mental Disorder, Mental health
Special problems
The early detection of depression is much more complex and challenging than the detection of other conditions seen in the primary care physician's office. Perhaps the most significant reason for this is how the natural history of depression differs from that of most conditions for which there are effective measures for prevention or early detection. The successful early detection of diseases or of ... Read More
Early detection of depression. Part 3
Posted By Kelly On Thursday, November 26th 2009 under: Depression Tags: Depression, Mental Disorder, Mental health
Effectiveness of early detection
The critical question with any intervention for early detection and treatment is whether it does more good than harm as compared with the results of later diagnosis and intervention. The appropriate research tool for answering such a question is the randomized controlled trial. A MEDLINE search of the literature and subsequent secondary searches identified only four trials of sufficient methodologic ... Read More
Early detection of depression. Part 2
Posted By Kelly On Thursday, November 26th 2009 under: Depression Tags: Depression, Mental Disorder, Mental health
Are there acceptable routine screening tests?
Instruments for routine case-finding in primary care settings must be of acceptable quality, brief and easy to use. Presumably the patients would complete the test while waiting to see their physician. Most self-administered tests have been designed for routine screening purposes and not as diagnostic aids. Some tests have been developed for settings in which the prevalence of ... Read More