Driving, Antidepressants Can Be Dangerous Duo

In the past 10 years, the use of antidepressant drugs has tripled in the United States, where one in 10 women takes at least one antidepressant, according to National Center for Health Statistics’ 2004 Health United States report. A new, separate, study by researchers at the University of North Dakota says those antidepressant medications, as well as the bleak moods that underlie their dispensation, can significantly impair one’s driving ability. Read more

Prozac Shown to Slow Progression of MS

Although most commonly known as an effective antidepressant medication, fluoxetine, marketed under the brand name Prozac, was shown to be effective in slowing the progression of the relapsing remitting type of multiple sclerosis (MS), with fewer areas of inflammation occurring as the study progressed. Read more

Hey, Doc, What’s the Difference Between an SNRI and an SSRI?

Anyone suffering through the agonies of depression may want to ask this question but may never muster up the initiative to do so. The answer may be the key to better treatment, especially when the big picture is examined. Read more

Medicine No Cure-All

Recent findings with patients receiving anti-depressant medication have not been entirely good. Although many patients report an increase in positive feelings and a renewed sense of hopefulness, others experience entirely new problems by taking the medicine. Read more

Antidepressants Bring OCD Relief

After reviewing the results of various studies on the benefits of taking common antidepressant medications for obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), researchers at St. George’s Hospital Medical School in London, led by Dr. Ghulam Mustafa Soomro, have concluded that patients are twice as likely to experience relief of symptoms than patients taking placebos. Read more