Depression and Chronic Pain: Breaking the Cycle
Posted By Kelly On Friday, November 13th 2009 under: Disorders Tags: Depression, Mental Disorder, Mental health, Pharmacotherapy
Chronic Pain. Depression. They are regarded as the one-two punch that — even as we refine and improve medical and pharmaceutical technology — keeps millions of Americans out of work and on their backs. Indeed, pain and depression might be considered the Bonnie and Clyde of misery—so rarely is one without the other.
Ariadne Montare, 33, a Manhattan lawyer, has battled the combination for over a year-ever since she was diagnosed ... Read More
Luvox and Smoking
Posted By Kelly On Friday, November 13th 2009 under: Question - Answer Tags: Antidepressant, Drugs, Luvox
Question. I have obsessive compulsive disorder and panic disorder. I was recently prescribed Luvox. I have had no adverse reactions, and my doctor insists that I up the dosage. On the Internet, I discovered that Luvox reacts with nicotine. I am a smoker and I wonder how they interact. I have noticed some benefit to taking Luvox and would like to increase the dose, but not at the risk of ... Read More
Zoloft for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Posted By Kelly On Thursday, November 12th 2009 under: Zoloft (Sertraline) Tags: Antidepressant, Zoloft
Zoloft
Brand Name:
Zoloft
Active Ingredient:
sertraline hydrochloride
Indication:
Treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder; also indicated for depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and panic disorder
Company Name:
Pfizer Inc.
Availability:
This new indication was approved by FDA on December 7, 1999
Introduction
More than 100 million prescriptions for Pfizer's Zoloft have been written since its launch in 1992, helping patients with depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and panic disorder. Now Zoloft is the first medication to be approved for treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which may ... Read More
New Therapy for Depression?
Posted By Kelly On Thursday, November 12th 2009 under: Question - Answer Tags: Antidepressant, Drugs, Effexor, Pamelor, Paxil, Prozac, Remeron, Wellbutrin, Zoloft
Question. I've tried Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft, Pamelor, Effexor and Wellbutrin and I'm about ready to give up my antidepressant therapy! Nothing much happens, aside from occasional bouts of diarrhea, some initial constipation or a temporary euphoria. My doctor has assured me that all is not lost, and that there are still some things we can try, but frankly, I'm getting tired of it all. Is there anything on the horizon ... Read More
Where Does Remeron Fit in Current Antidepressant Therapy?
Posted By Kelly On Thursday, November 12th 2009 under: Remeron (Mirtazapine) Tags: Antidepressant, Drugs, Pharmacotherapy, Treatment
Mirtazapine (Remeron / Organon) was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 1996 for the treatment of depression. Structurally unrelated to any antidepressants currently available in the United States, it is a tetracyclic piperazinoazepine and is an analog of mianserin (available outside the U.S.).
Mechanism of Action Mirtazapine (Remeron) appears to exert its antidepressant effect in a unique way. It blocks central presynaptic alpha2-adrenergic receptors, which results in ... Read More
Zoloft Eases Trauma’s Aftermath
Posted By Kelly On Thursday, November 12th 2009 under: Zoloft (Sertraline) Tags: Antidepressant, Drugs, Mental Disorder, Mental health, Paxil, Prozac
Helps 3 in 5 people even without psychotherapy
The antidepressant drug sertraline can provide relief from the disabling emotions that follow a traumatic experience, a study shows.
The study was instrumental in gaining Food and Drug Administration approval for sertraline to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), says Dr. Jonathan R.T. Davidson, a professor of psychiatry at Duke University Medical Center who directed the trial. Marketed as Zoloft, it is the only drug ... Read More
Paxil to Treat Post Traumatic Stress
Posted By Kelly On Thursday, November 12th 2009 under: Paxil (Paroxetine) Tags: Antidepressant, Drugs, Mental Disorder, Mental health, Zoloft
Anti-depressant Paxil joins the list
The anti-anxiety drug Paxil (paroxetine HCl) has joined Zoloft as an FDA-approved treatment for post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to its maker, GlaxoSmithKline. Zoloft (sertraline hydrochloride) was the first anti-depression drug approved by the FDA to treat PTSD in late 1999.
Post traumatic stress disorder affects millions of people, usually after they have either seen or been part of an intensely emotional or dramatic event. This ... Read More
Antidepressants May Slow Parkinson’s disease
Posted By Kelly On Thursday, November 12th 2009 under: Antidepressants Tags: Drugs, Mental Disorder, Mental health
Study hints they block death of nerve cells
Discovery of a hitherto unknown mechanism in Parkinson's disease raises the possibility that antidepressants might slow progression of brain-cell damage, researchers say.
Nerve cell death in Parkinson's can be caused by an excess release of dopamine, a protein essential for nerve function, say neuroscientists at the Boston University Medical Center. They say they have found a mechanism that creates damaging concentrations of dopamine, and ... Read More
Antidepressants and Elderly
Posted By Kelly On Thursday, November 12th 2009 under: Antidepressants Tags: Drugs, Elderly, Paxil, Prozac
Risk from SSRIs highest in those over 80, says study
The latest generation of antidepressants may have a nasty side effect in older patients, says a new Canadian study.
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, a class of antidepressants that includes Prozac and Paxil, increase the risk of upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding in elderly patients, according to research.
Lead author Dr. Carl van Walraven, an assistant professor of medicine at the Ottawa Health ... Read More
Defeating Depression!
Posted By Kelly On Thursday, November 12th 2009 under: Depression Tags: Antidepressant, Drugs, Mental Disorder, Mental health
Therapy, medication can give you back your life
If you're suffering from clinical depression, you might be reluctant to tell anyone how you feel. Unfortunately, a stigma still surrounds this very treatable disease. Or you might blame yourself for feeling depressed, even suicidal. But it's crucial that you reach out and get help, mental health experts say.
About 15 percent of those struggling with depression are successful at killing themselves, and every ... Read More