Suicide Attempt

Posted By Kelly On Saturday, April 17th 2010   under:  Question - Answer   Tags: , , , , , ,    
Question. Last month I attempted suicide. I still feel that my family would be better off without me, that there is no future for me, that there is no light at the end of the tunnel, and I'm utterly exhausted. There is no more fight within me. I am currently on Zoloft and Valium. I have taken Prozac, Elavil, Pamelor and Doxipan. I am also in outpatient counseling, which helps ... Read More

Debating Prozac for a Child

Posted By Kelly On Wednesday, April 14th 2010   under:  Question - Answer   Tags:    
Question. After having exhausted many other avenues of treatment for my 6-year-old son, I feel confident that Prozac could change his life for the better. My son has endured a lot in his short life, from the domestic abuse and alcoholism of my husband to moving twice. He was evaluated by two different psychiatrists, who found him to be a mad/sad child and they also said he was genetically loaded ... Read More

Zyprexa Approved for Treating Manic Depression

Posted By Kelly On Sunday, April 11th 2010   under:  Zyprexa (olanzapine)   Tags: , ,    
Brand Name Drug: Zyprexa Active Ingredient Drug: olanzapine Indication: Treatment of manic depression/bipolar disorder Company Name: Eli Lilly and Company Introduction Manic depression, also called bipolar disorder, afflicts some 4 million Americans. Characterized by severe mood swings between incredible elation and deep depression, the disorder has been difficult to treat. Many patients either do not respond to drug therapy or stop taking their medication because of unwanted side effects. Now a new drug has entered the ... Read More

Zyprexa for Manic Depression

Posted By Kelly On Friday, April 9th 2010   under:  Zyprexa (olanzapine)   Tags: , ,    
Zyprexa Brand Name: Zyprexa Active Ingredient: olanzapine Indication: Treatment of manic depression (bipolar disorder); also approved for schizophrenia Company Name: Eli Lilly and Company Availability: Approved in 1997 for schizophrenia and on March 20, 2000 for manic depression (bipolar disorder) Introduction Bipolar disorder is a lifelong psychiatric disorder that features mood swings between mania and depression, and afflicts some 4 million Americans. Although lithium, valproate, carbamazepine, and antipsychotics have been prescribed to treat the disorder, many patients do not respond to these ... Read More

Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia May Respond to High-Dose Atypical

Posted By Kelly On Tuesday, April 6th 2010   under:  Pharmacotherapy   Tags: , ,    
Results from a recent study suggest that olanzapine (Zyprexa) given in moderate to high doses may be useful in treating schizophrenia in patients who have shown resistance to trials with other antipsychotic medications. Published in the September 1999 issue of the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, the prospective, open-label study by Serdar Dursun et al. reported on 16 patients (11 male, five female; mean age 40±7 years) having a documented history of ... Read More

Homeopathic Treatment for Depression

Posted By Kelly On Saturday, April 3rd 2010   under:  Question - Answer      
Question. Have there been any studies or support in the treatment of depression with homeopathic remedies? Answer. There is a good deal of interest in the use of herbal remedies for the treatment of depression, as well as in the use of naturally-occurring precursors (building blocks) of various brain chemicals, called amino acids. The most persuasive literature on herbal treatments involves the use of St. John's Wort (hypericum perforatum); this is ... Read More

Impact of Depression on Earnings

Posted By Kelly On Wednesday, March 31st 2010   under:  Depression      
The raging controversy in managed care continues to focus on whether reducing expenditures actually means saving money. Recent data published in The American Journal of Psychiatry appear to throw new light on this topic by looking at the depression treatment effectiveness in terms of its impact on patients' earnings. Mingliang Zhang, Ph.D., associate director of outcomes research for Merck & Co. Inc., and his colleagues compared the costs of depression treatment ... Read More

Is 5-HTP Safe?

Posted By Kelly On Sunday, March 28th 2010   under:  Question - Answer   Tags: , ,    
Question. Prime Time Live recently aired a story on treatment of depression, obesity and insomnia with 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP). Is 5-HTP effective and safe? Answer. Well, the media are often ahead of the scientists on these things, but I must say I am very skeptical about the 5-HTP story (although I did not see the Prime Time piece). By the way, 5-HTP is the precursor chemical for serotonin, which as you probably ... Read More

Depression and the medically ill

Posted By Kelly On Friday, March 26th 2010   under:  Question - Answer      
Question. Are you aware of any fairly recent articles or publications dealing with the evaluation and treatment of depression in the medically ill, the terminally ill, the dying, the hospice patient, etc.? I would appreciate any information you might have available. Answer. There are numerous articles and studies on evaluating and treating depression in the medically ill. You may be interested in seeing the entire October, 1994 issue of Psychiatric Annals, ... Read More

Prozac and Alcohol’s Effects

Posted By Kelly On Wednesday, March 24th 2010   under:  Question - Answer   Tags:    
Question. I suffer from depression and have been on Prozac for a number of years now. It seems that after I have a few drinks, I notice a marked increase in my depression and irritability the next day. Could alcohol ingested in small amounts as this be causing a real chemical change in my brain, or am I just imagining this? Answer. I know of at least one study showing no ... Read More
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