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Q: Please stop criticizing the drug companies that make antidepressants. They are trying to help while you just fuss.

Women prescribed tamoxifen to prevent a recurrence of breast cancer should avoid taking the antidepressant Paxil and its generic equivalents because of a potentially dangerous drug interaction, a study suggests.

Sharon Begley has an excellent Newsweek cover story on the rise and fall of anti-depressant medications, or how a class of drugs that were once hailed as medical miracles are now seen as barely better than placebos: In just over half of the published and unpublished studies, Kirsch and colleagues reported in 2002, the drug alleviated depression no ...

It's a sad, sad world Eli Lilly, the manufacturers of Prozac, assumed that anti-depressants couldn't sell in Japan.

February 4, 2010 - According to coroner officials Brittany Murphy died from pneumonia but anemia and prescription drugs played a role according to her husband, Murphy was taking the painkiller, Vicoprofen, and the antidepressant, Fluoxetine , which she used to help relieve severe menstrual cramps.

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Eighteen months after Toran Henry killed himself, his mother finally gets to have her say on whether an anti-depressant had an influence on his death.

Researchers may have discovered why many antidepressants that are designed to boost levels of serotonin, such as Prozac and Zoloft, don't work for nearly half of depressed people prescribed them.

Pregnant women who take certain drugs for depression or anxiety may have heightened risks of preterm delivery or other birth complications, according to a new study.

Antidepressants fail to help about half of the people who take them, and a study in mice may help explain why.

Each year, depression affects about 15 million adults in the U.S., or 6.7% of the population, according to the National Institute of Mental Health.

To treat depression, different therapists will use different theories. Since this information is rather long it will be dealt with in different articles.

As confirmed by FoxNews.com , notes obtained from an L.A. Coroner's Office official indicate that large amounts of prescription drugs were found in Brittany Murphy's bedroom by responding paramedics.

Whether you have insurance or not, brand name prescription drugs cost more than their generic counterparts.

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Antidepressants: Safe during pregnancy? Taking antidepressants during pregnancy may pose health risks for your baby - but stopping may pose risks for you.

Interesting Health Articles&Facts >> Posted By healthyvideo 6 hours, 44 minutes ago in Health & Fitness > In 1987, the first selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor , fluoxetine, hit the market as an antidepressant.

Marijuana might cause new cell growth in the brain , reads the headline, but the reality is that a synthetic cannabinoid increases neurogenesis in the hippocampus in rats: In mammals, new nerve cells are constantly being produced in a part of the brain called the hippocampus, which is associated with learning, memory, anxiety and depression.

The nation is still debating the effects of antidepressant medications on brain chemistry almost 20 years after publication of the best-seller "Listening to Prozac." Though selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors are widely used to treat depression today, understanding of their mechanisms remains limited.

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I'm taking an antidepressant and am concerned that when my doctor instructs me to quit taking it I'll go through withdrawal.