Medication Reference Library

• Coming of Age on Zoloft: How Antidepressants Cheered Us Up, Let Us Down, and Changed Who We Are
  Memoirs have a unique ability to give life to a possible journey that a reader is considering making. "Coming of Age on Zoloft" by Katherine Sharpe is one such memoir. Prozac, the first and probably the most ...
• Top 25 Psychiatric Medication Prescriptions for 2011
  These are the top 25 psychiatric medications by number of U.S. prescriptions dispensed in 2011, according to IMS Health. ...
• Depression: New Medications On The Horizon
  With the advent of monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) and tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) in the 1950s, ...
• Discontinuing Psychiatric Medications: What You Need to Know
  Many people have a dark view of medication withdrawal. They may have read or heard the scary stories about uncomfortable side ...
• Taking Medication: 16 Ways to Become a Smart Self-Advocate
  When we walk into the doctor’s office, for many of us, the scenario looks like this: We list off our symptoms, the doctor asks a few questions, writes out a prescription and we go on ...
• What is Discontinuation Syndrome?
  Psychiatric drugs, such as antidepressants and antipsychotics, are commonly prescribed to treat a wide variety of mental disorders, such as depression, bipolar disorder or schizophrenia. One of the possible side effects of ...
• Effexor (venlafaxine hydrochloride)
  What is Effexor? Effexor's chemical structure is unlike any other antidepressant. It works to restore the balance of brain chemicals called neurotransmitters -- specifically serotonin and norepinephrine. Effexor is in a class of medicines ...
• Upcoming Psychiatric Medications in the Pipeline
  It's hard to understand all of the drugs in development for mental disorders, but here are a few that we've been able to get a handle on that have been recently approved for prescription, or ...