Mar 17th, 2010 · The thieves cut a hole in the roof of the pharmaceutical giant's warehouse in Enfield, Mass., during a rainstorm. They rappelled inside and then swiped enough antidepressants and other prescription drugs to fill a tractor-trailer. One experts said: "This one will enter the folklore."
Mar 7th, 2010 · Placebos play a useful role in drug testing: they help scientists determine just how effective a drug is. But a comparison of studies of antidepressants finds that patients find placebos twice as effective today as they did in the 1980s. Researchers aren't entirely sure why this is happening, but they say these findings could complicate medicine.
Feb 5th, 2010 · Roughly 27 million Americans took prescription antidepressants in 2005, making them the most commonly prescribed class of medications in America. Ira Flatow and guests discuss depression, from how it's diagnosed and treated to how antidepressants stack up against psychotherapy and placebos.
Jan 6th, 2010 · A common measure of depression in clinical studies may be mislabeling people as more depressed than everyday doctors would. As a result, an analysis that concludes antidepressants aren't much help for all but the most severely depressed could be missing the mark.
Jan 6th, 2010 · A common measure of depression in clinical studies may be mislabeling people as more depressed than everyday doctors would. As a result, an analysis that concludes antidepressants aren't much help for all but the most severely depressed could be missing the mark.
Jan 6th, 2010 · Antidepressant drugs — like many medications — are tested primarily in people with major depressive illness, yet they also are prescribed for those who have mild to moderate symptoms. A recent study found that for those with mild or moderate depression, drugs have an effect similar to a placebo.
Jan 4th, 2010 · While the safety of antipsychotic and antidepressants drugs has been debated in children, this is one of the first studies to look at trends over time of prescribing multiple psychiatric drugs to adults. The authors found that patients are commonly prescribed untested combinations of drugs, where the efficacy and possible side effects of the combos are unknown.
Aug 4th, 2009 · Antidepressants have surpassed blood pressure pills as the most prescribed drugs in the land.