Jean Hannah Edelstein was only a child when depression struck. Now she believes she owes her life to ‘happy pills’
It is the autumn of 1995: I am 14 years old. Each morning I am meant to get out of bed at 5.45 to catch the school bus, which leaves 50 minutes later. But this hasn’t […]
A woman who set her neighbors’ homes on fire because she was upset with their behavior and loud music was sentenced to four years in prison.
Johanna Morrison, 50, has mental health problems and didn’t understand the downside to what she was doing, said her attorney, James Gentile.
Fire investigators said they believe Morrison is responsible for […]
Chronic pain is common; an estimated 20% of primary care visits focus on this problem. Nearly 25% of patients with diabetes develop neuropathic pain. Traumas, strokes, HIV/AIDS, and alcohol abuse are other common medical problems that can produce a chronic pain disorder. The aging American population guarantees the continued prominence of chronic pain disorders. Managing […]
Biovail Corp. is set to meet with the U.S. Federal Drug Administration next week to try to persuade the agency to reverse a decision that has set back the development of a key drug in the company’s pipeline of new products.
The company was “shocked” and “very disappointed” last month when the FDA rejected one of […]
Diabetic patients who consume GlaxoSmithKline’ Avandia to keep their sugar levels at bay may now have to shift to some substitute drug as the most commonly used diabetes drugs Avandia may in fact double the risk of heart failure, according to a new study conducted by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
The findings, […]
The use of depression medication among children in the UK has quadrupled in the last ten years with over 600,000 prescriptions being written out for the under-16s suffering mental health problems in the last year.
GPs have been accused of handing out medication too freely because youngsters may get used to taking medication for their depression […]
Angie Hamm is used to the eye rolling and the incredulous looks when people find out about her dog.
“What? Your dog is on Prozac?”
Yes, he is.
“And,” Angie says, “when he’s having a really bad day, he gets Valium, too.”
The Food and Drug Administration approved psychotropic drugs for dogs in 1999. In the years since then, […]
Down Came the Rain, penned remarkably well by well known actress Brooke Shields, describes her personal journey through postpartum depression. Following the birth of her daughter, Rowan, rain came pouring down, and Shields was in grave danger of being swept away emotionally, by the swelling tide of postpartum depression. In sobering fashion, Shields […]
Eli Lilly and Co used misleading claims to promote a version of Prozac for dogs to treat separation anxiety, neglecting to mention that dogs in a trial also got behaviour training, U.S. regulators said.
The Food and Drug Administration said in a letter to Lilly unit Elanco Animal Health, released Monday, that statements on a company […]
Suicide attempts dropped among people with depression soon after they started treatment, either with antidepressant drugs or psychotherapy, a study of more than 109,000 patients shows.
The study results come after a controversial 2004 recommendation on antidepressant labeling from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). That move slapped a strong “black box” warning on the […]