Depression News

Zydus Pharma recalls 44.8 K bottles of antidepressant in US
Zee Business
Cadila Healthcare's US arm, Zydus Pharmaceuticals USA Inc, is recalling 44,800 bottles of antidepressant Paroxetine tablets from the American market, the US health regulator said in a report. In its latest Enforcement Report, United States Food and ...

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MedShadow (registration) (blog)
Antidepressant Use Not as Risky for People with Heart Disease
MedShadow (registration) (blog)
The researchers did a meta-analysis of data from 17 studies and found that in the general population, antidepressant use increased the risks of mortality by 33% and new cardiovascular events by 14%. But among those already diagnosed with heart problems ...

gulfnews.com
An antidepressant's grim side-effect
gulfnews.com
The last dinner Wendy Dolin had with her husband, Stewart, he was so agitated that he was jiggling his leg under the table and could barely sit still. He had recently started a new antidepressant but still felt very anxious. “I don't get it, Wen,” he ...

Wisconsin Public Radio News
Antidepressants In Fish Brains Could Pose Risk To Great Lakes ...
Wisconsin Public Radio News
The use of antidepressants among Americans has soared in recent years. Those medications are ending up in the Great Lakes, absorbed into the brains of fish, ...

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Medical News Today
Antidepressants may raise death risk by a third - Medical News Today
Medical News Today
New research finds that people who take antidepressants such as serotonin reuptake inhibitors may be at a considerably higher risk of premature death.
Antidepressants Linked to Elevated Death Risk, Study Finds ...Managed Care magazine
Warning: Antidepressants May Cause Messaging Manslaughter ...Psychiatric Times

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Neurology Advisor
Increased Mortality in Parkinson's Disease Linked to Low Antidepressant Adherence
Neurology Advisor
A 4-year follow-up study is the first of its kind to show an inverse relationship between adherence to antidepressant medication and all-cause mortality in a large, population-based cohort of patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). Findings from the ...

Health Data Management
New Intermountain service aims to aid antidepressant efficacy
Health Data Management
A new service available to Intermountain Healthcare providers will enable them to implement personalized medicine when prescribing antidepressants and to gain a better understanding of how genes affect their patients' responses to the drugs. Available ...

CBS Philly
Antidepressants associated with significantly elevated risk of death ...
Science Daily
Antidepressant medications, most commonly prescribed to reduce depression and anxiety, increase the risk of death, according to new research findings.
Antidepressant use linked to higher risk of premature death: study ...CTV News
Antidepressants Linked To Elevated Risk Of Death, Study SaysCBS Philly
Antidepressants Increase Risk Of Death By A Third, Study FindsStudy Finds

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National Post
New research found antidepressants may increase risk of early ...
National Post
Prominent psychiatrists not involved in the work called the paper premature and alarmist, arguing antidepressants can be 'life savers'
Meta-analyses Links Antidepressant Use With Increased Risk Of ...ReliaWire

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ReliaWire
Meta-analyses Links Antidepressant Use With Increased Risk Of ...
ReliaWire
Antidepressant medications increase the risk of death and cardiovascular events, new research from a McMaster university-led team of researchers finds.
New research found antidepressants may increase risk of early ...National Post

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Washington Post
Can antidepressants given prophylactically prevent depression ...
Washington Post
If you were at risk for developing depression, would you take a pill to prevent it? For years, physicians have prescribed antidepressants to treat people grappling ...

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GoodTherapy.org (blog)
Antidepressant Could Treat Parkinson's, and Other News
GoodTherapy.org (blog)
Rear view distance photo of mature couple walking dog through field in autumn The antidepressant nortriptyline, which doctors have used for more than five decades, may slow the progression of Parkinson's, research published in Neurobiology of Disease ...

GenomeWeb
Intermountain Moves Beyond Cancer Dx With Antidepressant Panels
GenomeWeb
NEW YORK (360Dx) – Intermountain Precision Genomics' RxMatch Antidepressant Panel, announced last week, is the lab's first pharmacogenomics test intended to help physicians use DNA to find the right antidepressants to prescribe to patients. It is also ...

Risk of relapse after antidepressant discontinuation in anxiety disorders
Pharmacy Today, American Pharmacists Association, pharmacist.com
A systematic review and meta-analysis in the Netherlands investigated the odds of relapse in patients with anxiety disorders who responded to antidepressants but eventually were tapered off of them. A search of publication databases and clinical trial ...

TODAYonline
A suicide leaves grief and tough questions about an antidepressant
TODAYonline
NEW YORK — The last dinner Ms Wendy Dolin had with her husband, Stewart, he was so agitated that he was jiggling his leg under the table and could barely sit still. He had recently started a new antidepressant but still felt very anxious. “I don't get ...
GSK Loses Bid For New Trial in Attorney Suicide CaseBloomberg Big Law Business

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Times of Malta
Psychiatric disorders in children tied to in utero antidepressant exposure
Times of Malta
Antidepressant use during pregnancy is tied to an increased risk of psychiatric illnesses, especially mood disorders, in children, according to a study. The overall risk is low, though. Only about three per cent of the nearly 905,383 children in the ...

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New York Post
Study finds antidepressants increase risk of death | New York Post
New York Post
This is depressing news. Taking antidepressant medication increases the risk of death by 33 percent, according to a new study published Thursday.
Controversial McMaster study says antidepressants are a health risk ...Cantech Letter
Antidepressants linked to premature death risk | TheSpec.comTheSpec.com

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HuffPost
Antidepressant Exposure In The Womb Linked To A Higher Risk Of Psychiatric Illness
HuffPost
But compared to the children of women who took antidepressants before pregnancy but not during, kids whose mothers continued taking the medications in pregnancy were 27 percent more likely to be diagnosed with mood, anxiety, behavioral or autism ...

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Daily Mail
Antidepressants raise the risk of an early death by 33% | Daily Mail ...
Daily Mail
Experts found depressed people without heart disease were 33 per cent more likely to die over any set period, for any reason, if they took antidepressants ...
Antidepressants raise the risk of an early death by 33% - Gears Of BizGears Of Biz

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Child psychiatric disorders tied to in utero antidepressant exposure ...
WHTC
(Reuters Health) - Antidepressant use during pregnancy is tied to an increased risk of psychiatric illnesses, especially mood disorders, in children, according to a ...

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