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Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
New approach to developing antidepressants
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Most antidepressant drugs target serotonin receptors, aiming to boost serotonin, a chemical thought to regulate mood and social behavior. Using CRISPR technology, the scientists have been able to target an altogether different type of receptor called ...

TheHealthSite
Early weight gain post antidepressant dose can hint at later weight gain, says study
TheHealthSite
In case you take frequent dose of antidepressants, you should watch out your weight as a recent study has shown that those taking antidepressants can put on extra pounds since the start of the treatment and as they continue taking the medication ...

Unapproved antidepressant drug blamed for poison calls
UB News Center
An article on CNN about tianeptine, an unapproved antidepressant drug that is believed to have caused an increase in calls to U.S. poison centers, interviews Raphael Leo, associate professor of psychiatry in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical ...

Scientific American
An Entirely New Type of Antidepressant Targets Postpartum Depression
Scientific American
Postpartum depression afflicts 10 to 20 percent of the nearly four million women who give birth in the U.S. every year. The condition hits at a vulnerable moment when mother and infant normally begin to bond. Depressed moms pay less attention to their ...

Medical News Bulletin
Do antidepressants cause weight gain?
Medical News Bulletin
Antidepressant prescriptions have also increased. Between 1995 and 2011, within the primary care population, 23% of 1.5 million participants were prescribed an antidepressant on a minimum of one occasion. With obesity being associated with depression, ...

thebusinesstactics.com
Global Antidepressant Drugs Market 2018 Industry Key Players, Trends, Sales, Supply, Demand, Analysis & Forecast ...
Digital Journal
A comprehensive research report that analyses the antidepressant drugs market and the drugs market by Class - Tricyclic Antidepressants, Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors, Selective Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors, Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors ...
Latest Research Report on Antidepressant Drugs Market by Product, Application, Market Share, End User, Trend ...thebusinesstactics.com

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TheJointBlog (blog)
Study: Cannabis Terpenes have “Anti-Inflammatory, Antioxidant, Analgesic, Anticonvulsive, Antidepressant, Anxiolytic ...
TheJointBlog (blog)
A new study has found that cannabis terpenes have attributes that are “anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, analgesic, anticonvulsive, antidepressant, anxiolytic, anticancer, antitumor, neuroprotective, anti-mutagenic, anti-allergic, antibiotic and anti ...

The Guardian
Four million people in England are long-term users of ...
The Guardian
Data obtained by the Guardian shows that one in six people in England were prescribed antidepressants in 2017.

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Knoxville News Sentinel
Dr. Phil Kronk: Antidepressants and weight gain
Knoxville News Sentinel
In order to examine which antidepressant produces the most risk of weight gain, I turned to Stephen Stahl, M.D., Ph.D., one of the country's leading medical psychopharmacologist. Dr. Sthal is an Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at the University of ...
Antidepressants are changing animals' behaviour – and we're using technology to find out howAlternatives Journal (blog)

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News-Medical.net
New insight could help develop novel and more effective antidepressant drugs
News-Medical.net
Published in Frontiers in Neuroscience, this new insight to long-held theories on the causes of depression could lead to the development of novel and more effective antidepressant drugs. Depression is a highly prevalent disorder affecting up to 20% of ...
UVic researchers and students combine to find potential depression causeThe Martlet

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Mail & Guardian
Antidepressant pollutants make courting birds violent — study
Mail & Guardian
Songbirds altered their courtship behaviour after exposure to antidepressants increasingly found in the natural environment, according to a three-year study conducted by British scientists. Male starlings sang less and were more aggressive towards ...

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Daily Mail
An antidepressant is poisoning Americans: CDC warns against unapproved product used widely around the world
Daily Mail
Tianeptine is an unapproved antidepressant drug sold online as a supplement; The compound activates some of the same opioid receptors in the brain that give heroin and Oxycontin users a 'high'; When too much is taken, a user can overdose on tianeptine ...
CDC warns an antidepressant is poisoning AmericansBrinkwire (press release)
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) | MMWR - CDCCDC
Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) | Agency for Healthcare Research & QualityAHRQ
NCBI - NIH
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Psychiatry Advisor
Testing the Current Guidelines for Antidepressant Treatment of New Onset Depression
Psychiatry Advisor
No advantage was found for titrating sertraline to 100 mg compared with 50 mg for patients starting treatment for new onset depression; however, patients who did not respond to treatment by 3 weeks on antidepressants and were either switched to ...

The Conversation UK
Antidepressants are changing animals' behaviour – and we're using ...
The Conversation UK
Drugs are finding their way into lakes and rivers, and we need to know exactly what they're doing to wildlife.
Antidepressants are changing animal behaviour – we're using technology to find out howPhys.Org

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WSB Atlanta
Opioid-like antidepressant poisoning people, CDC warns
WSB Atlanta
ATLANTA - Researchers at The Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have issued a warning about the federally-unapproved antidepressant tianeptine. Poison control centers across the United States reported an increased number of ...
Opioid-like antidepressant poisoning people, CDC warns; What is tianeptine?WSB Radio
What is tianeptine? CDC warns unapproved opioid-like antidepressant is poisoning peopleAtlanta Journal Constitution

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Access Atlanta
Opioid-like antidepressant poisoning people, CDC warns; What is tianeptine?
Access Atlanta
The rise in calls in recent years “likely reflects the tip of the iceberg in an emerging picture of misuse and abuse of this antidepressant,” Dr. Robert Glatter, an emergency physician at New York's Lenox Hill Hospital, told CNN. “But it also reflects ...
Opioid-like antidepressant poisoning people, CDC warnsWSB Atlanta
Characteristics of Tianeptine Exposures Reported to the National Poison Data System — United States, 2000–2017 ...CDC
What is tianeptine? CDC warns unapproved opioid-like antidepressant is poisoning peopleAtlanta Journal Constitution

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Deccan Chronicle
Antidepressants change songbirds courtship rituals: UK study
Deccan Chronicle
Songbirds altered their courtship behaviour following exposure to antidepressants increasingly found in the natural environment, according to scientists in Britain who conducted a three-year study. Male starlings sang less and were more aggressive ...
Antidepressants Stifle Love Songs of Male BirdsLaboratory Equipment
How depressing: Prozac residuemay affect the sex life of birdsSanta Fe New Mexican

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Atlanta Journal Constitution
What is tianeptine? CDC warns unapproved opioid-like antidepressant is poisoning people
Atlanta Journal Constitution
The rise in calls in recent years “likely reflects the tip of the iceberg in an emerging picture of misuse and abuse of this antidepressant,” Dr. Robert Glatter, an emergency physician at New York's Lenox Hill Hospital, told CNN. “But it also reflects ...

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CDC: Use of Unapproved Opioid-Like Antidepressant on the Rise in the US
Monthly Prescribing Reference
The use of tianeptine, an unapproved antidepressant, appears to be on the rise, “suggesting a possible emerging public health risk”, according to a study published in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)'s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly ...