If you’ve been struggling with feeling low constantly, you are not alone. More than 8.6 million people in England were prescribed an antidepressant in 2022-23 to treat their melancholy and the figures ...
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An antidepressant medication named duloxetine has been recalled by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) due to the presence of carcinogenic chemicals. The drug was voluntarily recalled by a New ...
A popular antidepressant, often known by the brand name Cymbalta, was recalled last week due to the presence of a potentially cancer-causing chemical. More than 233,000 bottles of duloxetine capsules ...
Do antidepressants work? If so, which are most effective? These two questions have been posed again and again over the last few decades, but the answer has remained elusive. The latest answer to the ...
A “deprescribing” movement is building up in the psychiatry field, aimed at helping patients reduce or stop their ...
A study found no link between depression and serotonin levels, feeding into a GOP narrative about the antidepressants. (Photo: Paul S. Howell/Getty Images) A recent study calling into question the ...
By Dr. Sanchari Sinha Dutta, Ph.D. A nationwide analysis of prescription data reveals that young Australians are staying on ...
If you’re tapering off antidepressants or recently skipped a dose or two, you may have experienced a mysterious side effect commonly known as “brain zaps.” Don’t worry, you aren’t actually being ...
Clinical bone healing appears to be negatively affected in patients using selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors.
Choosing the right antidepressant is important. There are a vast array of antidepressants and knowing where to start can be confusing. Here are five ways that I, as a psychiatrist, think about ...