Celexa is an antidepressant used to treat clinical depression in patients. It is prescribed as a "selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor" used to balance serotonin in the brain, providing relief from depression. While Celexa can be effective, this medication is und...

Phobia (FO-bee-ah): a persistent irrational fear of an object, situation, or activity that the person feels compelled to avoid. (Wood 689) And that is only the start of it. Phobias can interfere with your ability to work, socialize, and go about a daily routine (Ameri...

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Back in December 1998, Fastin was pulled off drug retailer shelves and the consumer market in general upon directions from US medical officials. But the news online is that the Fastin pill is back on the market – a product being exclusively marketed by retailer Worl...

Lots of people often have false impressions about what antidepressants are capable of. First of all, they are not perky pills; they don't artificially bring on a feeling of pleasure, euphoria, or unrealistic well-being. Neither do antidepressants insulate you fr...

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The currently available classes of Antidepressants include monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs), tricyclic Antidepressants (TCAs), selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs), novel Antidepressants, and tetracy...

This article will explain some different drug classes in the anxiety & panic attack field that has helped thousands of other anxiety & panic attack sufferers.Treating anxiety & panic attack is getting easier as science develops new anxiety & panic attack medications. ...

Depression is more than a gloomy and terrifying disorder; it can be lethal. Therefore, anyone with moderate to severe depression requires vigorous treatment immediately. There are many different depression medications. These same antidepressants can also help treat pa...

Many people often have misunderstandings about what antidepressants are capable of.First of all, they are not pick me up pills; they don't artificially bring on a feeling of happiness, euphoria, or unrealistic well-being. Nor do antidepressants insulate you from life,...

If you are suffering from depression, it is important that you get help before your problem worsens. Ignoring depression will not make it go away - You need to see a therapist or a psychiatrist to find out what the best treatment for you is. Consuming depression medic...

Treating depression is a priority of modern medical science, as new revelations continue showing that depression is far more common and widespread problem than previously understood. Many new developments in depression medicine have brought much more successful depres...

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Depression can affect any one of us at any time of our lives and is more than just feeling a bit fed up or down in the dumps. When you cannot just snap out of it and the symptoms of depression persist for more than a couple of weeks, and interfere with your ability to...

While it may be easy to recite the various brand names and generalize their benefits enough to know they put us (or are supposed to put us) in a better mood, for lack of a better term, the drugs themselves can all be categorized individually, each working in a slightl...

Once it has been established that a person is suffering from clinical depression, help for the condition is fairly easy to get. Even "regular" physicians are so informed about depression that they can prescribe treatment for it. It's no longer necessary (in most cas...

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To Sondra Fine *, 48, depression feels like this: "I have been immobilized, unable to formulate thought or action. Can't get out of bed most of the time. I feel terrible--hopeless, joyless, exhausted, lost."To Terry Wise, 39, depression feels like this: "A world of...

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Celexa is an antidepressant used to treat clinical depression in patients. It is prescribed as a "selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor" used to balance serotonin in the brain, providing relief from depression. While Celexa can be effective, this medic...

Phobia (FO-bee-ah) a persistent irrational fear of an object, situation, or activity that the person feels compelled to avoid. (Wood 689) And that is only the start of it.Phobia (FO-bee-ah): a persistent irrational fear of an object, situation, or activity that the pe...

FDA has proposed that makers of all antidepressant medications update the existing black box warning on their products' labeling to include warnings about increased risks of suicidal thinking and behavior, known as suicidality, in young adults ages 18 to 24 durin...

Only five drugs have billion-dollar sales. Eli Lilly's wonder drug for depression could be the next. Not since Valium hit the market has a drug achieved such widespread, instant name recognition among consumers. From the covers of Newsweek and New York magazin...

TABLE 1 Geriatric Depression Scale Are you basically satisfied with your life? (no) Have you dropped many of your activities/interests? (yes) Do you feel that your life is empty? (yes) Do you often get bored? (yes) Are you hopeful about the future? (no) Are you bothere...

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Other antidepressants, called heterocyclics, target specific neurotransmitters in the brain that regulate depression, like the SSRIs do. Most heterocyclics act on mechanisms that elevate both serotonin and noradrenaline and some may be more effective for severely depr...

Definition Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAO inhibitors) are medicines that relieve certain types of mental depression. Purpose MAO inhibitors are a type of antidepressant and are used to treat mental depression. Like other antidepressant drugs, MAO inhibitors help redu...

Prozac, or fluoxetine, has rapidly become one of the most widely prescribed medications in the United States. Articles have appeared extolling its virtues in Newsweek, New York magazine and many segments of the popular press. However, recently considerable concern h...

"It now seems clear that the drugs do indeed increase the risk of suicidality in the trials, from about 2 percent to about 4 percent," says Robert Temple, M.D., director of the FDA's Office of Medical Policy. Agency experts continue to believe, however, that...

Antidepressant drugs act on chemicals in the brain that can become unbalanced and cause depression. Antidepressants also are used to treat anxiety disorders (which often coexist with depression) and certain pain syndromes, such as fibromyalgia. ...

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Depression can affect any one of us at any time of our lives and is more than just feeling a bit fed up or down in the dumps. When you cannot just snap out of it and the symptoms of depression persist for more than a couple of weeks, and interfere with your abilit...

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