Antidepressants Archives

Antidepressants May Up Mortality Risk In Lung Disease Patients

July 8, 2018 Loknath DasAntidepressants, Disease, In, Lung, May, Mortality, Patients:, Risk, Up

While popping antidepressants may lift your mood, it may turn deadly especially for elderly suffering from obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) — progressive lung disease that causes increasing breathlessness, say researchers. The findings showed that new users of serotonergic antidepressants were at 20 per cent increased risk of death. They may also have 15 per cent higher likelihood of hospitalization including higher rates of emergency room visits, and mortality related to respiratory conditions, as well as death overall versus non-users of the medications. “There are biological reasons why antidepressants could lead…

Are you on antidepressants? It is linked to higher risk of dementia

April 28, 2018 Loknath DasAntidepressants, Are, Dementia, higher, Is, It, Linked, of, On, Risk, to, You

While anti-depressants can help mental health patients deal with depression, long-term use of certain anti-depressants could have serious side effects. A large study done by researchers from the University of East Anglia’s School of Health Science have linked use of antidepressants to dementia, though they could not definitively conclude that the drugs were the cause. Previous studies have shown that medications commonly prescribed to reduce depression and anxiety may increase the risk of death by preventing multiple organs from functioning properly, and increase risk of bone disease.And among patients suffering from high blood pressure, antidepressants…

There’s a reason why antidepressants don’t work for everyone

January 8, 2018 Loknath Dasa, Antidepressants, Don't, everyone, for, Reason, There’s, Why, work

Researchers from University Medical Center Mainz and the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry in Germany developed a mouse model that allowed them to identify blood signatures associated with response to antidepressant treatment and could show the importance of the stress-related glucocorticoid receptor in recovery from depression. Major depression is the leading cause of disability according to the World Health Organization, affecting an estimated 350 million people worldwide, but only one-third of patients benefit from the first antidepressant prescribed. Although the currently available treatments are safe, there is significant variability in…

Antidepressants in Pregnancy tied to Health Risks for Kids

October 29, 2016 SrijitaAntidepressants, for, Health, In, Kids, Pregnancy?, risks, tied, to

Children exposed to a common type of antidepressant in the womb may be at an increased risk of complications soon after birth and years later, according to two new studies. One study suggests newborns are more likely to need intensive care after birth if their mothers take selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) during pregnancy. A second study finds those same children may be at an increased risk for speech and language disorders years later. Links between SSRIs and these types of birth outcomes have been seen before in previous studies…