Medications Articles

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• Can Acne Drugs Cause Depression?
  A widely-used drug for severe acne can lead to depressive behavior in mice, according to researchers from Bath University, U.K. and the University of Texas at Austin. Researchers monitored mice injected with isotretinoin — sold ...
• Treatment of Attention Deficit Disorder
  ADHD can take quite a toll. It is tough for the individual who must cope with daily frustrations. It is rough on family members whose lives are regularly disrupted by outbursts, temper tantrums or other ...
• Top 20 Psychiatric Prescriptions for 2005
  These are the top 20 psychiatric medications by number of U.S. prescriptions dispensed in 2005.   Medication Used for... U.S. Prescriptions 1. Xanax Anxiety 34,230,000 2. Zoloft Depression, anxiety 26,976,000 3. Lexapro Depression, anxiety 24,788,000 4. Prozac Depression, anxiety 21,403,000 5. Ativan Anxiety, panic disorder 19,002,000 6. Effexor XR Depression, ...
• Key Points about Antidepressant Therapy
  It takes from two to six weeks for an antidepressant to begin to work. You may feel worse before you feel better because side effects can occur almost immediately, whereas therapeutic benefits appear later. The ...
• Anxiety, Worry, and Stress, Oh My: The Bugaboos of Modern Life
  Anxiety, worry, and stress are all afflictions of life in the modern world. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, approximately 10 percent of the American population, or 24 million people, suffer from anxiety ...
• Depression and Baby Boomers: How Having It All May Be Too Much
  Among the generation that has continually attempted to have it all, many baby boomers are now reluctantly adding a diagnosis of depression to their list of gains. As the leading cause of disability in the ...
• Identifying and Treating Major Depression
  I feel like I'm floating under an endless gray sky in an endless gray sea of tepid water. There is no horizon. There is nothing to break the monotony. I feel nothing. I see nothing. ...
• Taking Medication: Special Concerns in Older Adults
  Have you ever been concerned about relapse after missing a few doses of antibiotic pills? Do medications tie knots in your stomach and make eating a chore? Did you ever forget if you’ve already taken ...
• More Information on Medications for Mania and Bipolar Disorder
  Bipolar disorder (manic-depressive illness) is characterized by cycling mood changes: severe highs (mania) and lows (depression). Cycles may be predominantly manic or depressive with normal mood between cycles. Mood swings may follow each other very ...
• Men Can Get the Blues
  Depression traditionally has been considered a female disorder. But men can and do get depressed. The big difference is that men may be less likely to seek treatment for depression because they see mental illness ...
• Depression and Smoking
  Depression is associated with an increased frequency of smoking. Addicted smokers are characterized by preoccupation with smoking, abnormal attachment to cigarettes and anticipation of brain reward from the drugs in cigarette smoke. Attempts to quit ...
• An Introduction to Treatment of Depression
  Fortunately, there are many effective treatment options for depression. To be most effective, treatment should be specifically tailored to each individual. That is why a detailed interview by a mental health professional is extremely valuable. ...
• St. John’s Wort for Depression
  St. John's Wort is the common name for hypericum perforatum, an herbal remedy for the treatment of depression that has become increasingly popular over the past decade in the United States. It is widely used ...
• Medications While Pregnant
  The research on the use of psychiatric medications during pregnancy is limited. The risks are different depending on what medication is taken, and at what point during the pregnancy the medication is taken. Research has ...
• Medications for Seniors
  Persons over the age of 65 make up over 13 percent of the population of the United States, but they receive more than 30 percent of prescriptions filled. The elderly generally have more medical problems, ...
• Medications for Children and Adolescents
  In 1999, researchers published a ground-breaking scientific study call the MECA Study (Methodology for Epidemiology of Mental Disorders in Children and Adolescents). It estimated that almost 21 percent of U.S. children ages 9 to 17 ...
• Antianxiety Medications
  Everyone experiences anxiety at one time or another - "butterflies in the stomach" before giving a speech or sweaty palms during a job interview are common symptoms. Other symptoms include irritability, uneasiness, jumpiness, feelings of ...
• Antidepressant Medications
  Major depression, the kind of depression that will most likely benefit from treatment with medications, is more than just "the blues." It is a condition that lasts 2 weeks or more, and interferes with a ...
• Medications for Mania and Manic Depression
  Bipolar disorder is characterized by cycling mood changes: severe highs (mania) and lows (depression). Episodes may be predominantly manic or depressive, with normal mood between episodes. Mood swings may follow each other very closely, within ...
• Antipsychotic Medications
  Medications for Schizophrenia and Psychotic Disorders A person who is psychotic is out of touch with reality. People with psychosis may hear "voices" or have strange and illogical ideas (for example, thinking that others can hear ...
• Questions to Ask Your Doctor About Medications
  You and your family can help your doctor find the right medications for you. The doctor needs to know your medical history, other medications being taken, and life plans such as hoping to have a ...
• Medications Give Relief from Symptoms
  Just as aspirin can reduce a fever without curing the infection that causes it, psychotherapeutic medications act by controlling symptoms. Psychotherapeutic medications do not cure mental illness, but in many cases, they can help a ...
• Introduction to Mental Health Medications
  Anyone can develop a mental health issue -- you, a family member, a friend, or a co-worker. Some mental disorders are mild; others are serious and longer-lasting, but all of them can be diagnosed and ...
• Medications Safety
  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) judges a drug to be safe enough to approve when the benefits of the medicine outweigh the known risks for the labeled use. Doctors, physician assistants, nurses, pharmacists and ...
• Pharmacy Discount and Patient Assistance Programs
  Psych Central Drug Discount Card You can learn more about the Psych Central Drug Discount Card here and save up to 80% off your medication costs -- including prescription and over-the-counter medications. Psych Central's drug ...