Aripiprazole addition to antidepressants improves well-being for elderly with resistant depression: NEJM Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli6 March 2023 2:30 PM GMTUSA: A new multicenter study has shown that augmentation of existing antidepressants with aripiprazole in older adults with treatment-resistant...
Antidepressant use, infection during pregnancy linked to neurodevelopmental changes in babies, study suggests Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli17 Jan 2023 2:30 PM GMTAntidepressant use during pregnancy may combine with inflammation to heighten the risk of lifelong neurodevelopmental changes in babies' brains, such...
No evidence that depression is caused by low serotonin levels, finds comprehensive review Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli21 July 2022 4:00 AM GMTAfter decades of study, there remains no clear evidence that serotonin levels or serotonin activity are responsible for depression, according to a...
Antidepressant use during pregnancy not linked to epilepsy in children Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli7 Jun 2022 12:30 PM GMTMINNEAPOLIS: A new study suggests that antidepressant use by mothers during the first trimester of pregnancy does not increase the chances of epilepsy...
Adjunctive Antipsychotics and Antidepressants use may prompt movement disorders in kids: JAMA Dr Kartikeya Kohli21 April 2022 3:45 AM GMTA new study published in the Journal of American Medical Association shows that in children and adolescents with depression adjunctive antipsychotics...
Mirtazapine increases mortality instead of treating agitation in dementia patients: Lancet Hina Zahid27 Oct 2021 3:30 AM GMTMirtazapine used for treating agitation in people with dementia is no more effective than a placebo, and might even increase mortality, according to a...
Loneliness tied to more use of opioids, NSAIDs and sleep medicines: JAMA study Hina Zahid28 July 2021 4:15 AM GMTLoneliness was associated with higher pain medication use, including use of opioids and NSAIDs, and more than twice the frequency of use of...
Venlafaxine superior to fluoxetine for depression in post-menopausal women, study. Dr. Shivi Kataria24 May 2021 3:30 AM GMTPostmenopausal women are at significant risk for depression with studies showing that about 5.7% women are diagnosed with major depressive disorder...
"Betrayed by her own senses"- Patient has misperceptions of smell and taste due to an antidepressant. Dr. Shivi Kataria5 May 2021 5:08 PM GMTDysosmia and dysgeusia are misperceptions of innocuous smell and taste stimuli, respectively, which can be very troublesome for patients. Development...
Antidepressant use in pregnancy tied to affective disorders in offspring; no causal link Hina Zahid20 April 2021 10:15 PM GMTNew York, NY - Major depressive disorder is highly prevalent, with one in five people experiencing an episode at some point in their life, and is...
All Escitalopram formulations to carry boxed warning: CDSCO tells 102 pharma firms Farhat Nasim5 Feb 2021 9:58 AM GMTNew Delhi: Through a recent notification, the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) has directed all the manufacturers of Escitalopram...
Antidepressant sertraline may help inhibit growth of cancer cells in lab animals Hina Zahid29 Nov 2020 11:30 AM GMTNew research has shown that the antidepressant sertraline helps to inhibit the growth of cancer cells. The substance acts on a metabolic addiction...
