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  1. Amanda Knox Family Interview: 'Terrifying to Be Alone, And I Wasn't'

    Thu, 2 May 2013

    know what to expect. I was completely distraught. I hadn't slept all night. They were trying to get me to take antidepressants and it was just like leave me alone please and when I got there and I sat down with them, I didn't know what

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    hadn't slept all night. They were trying to get me to take antidepressants and it was just like leave me alone please and when I got there and I sat down with them, I didn't

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  1. Emergency Room Visits Seen Rising Among Sleeping Pill Users

    Wed, 1 May 2013

    sleeping pill alone. The remaining 60 percent had mixed it with other medications, such as pain relievers and antidepressants , as well as alcohol. All of the combinations can boost the side effects. In the new study, women users seemed

  2. AP Exclusive: Calif. Spends Big on Anti-Psychotics

    Wed, 1 May 2013

    inmates are receiving mental health treatment. Psychotropic drugs include anti-psychotics, as well as sedatives, antidepressants , stimulants and tranquillizers. Anti-psychotics are generally used to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

  3. Kan. Doc Accused in Pill Mill Case Waives Hearing

    Tue, 30 Apr 2013

    the case of a Kansas doctor charged with illegally distributing controlled substances including painkillers and antidepressants to police, Fort Riley soldiers and their families. Authorities say Michael P. Schuster of Manhattan prescribed

  4. Ex-Teacher of Year Avoids Prison on NJ Sex Charge

    Mon, 29 Apr 2013

    with aggravated sexual assault and could've faced up to 10 years in prison if convicted. A defense attorney says antidepressants the 2011 Essex County Teacher of the Year had been incorrectly prescribed contributed to her errors in judgment

  5. Claim: Kan. Pill Mill Tied to Soldier Overdoses

    Tue, 23 Apr 2013

    A Kansas doctor has been charged with operating a pill mill for pain killers and antidepressants after Fort Riley officials raised concerns about soldiers who overdosed. The U.S. attorney's office alleged in a criminal

  6. UK Alleges GSK Paid off Competitors to Delay Drugs

    Fri, 19 Apr 2013

    has accused GlaxoSmithKline of paying off competitors to delay launches of their own versions of GSK's best-selling antidepressant , Seroxat. The Office of Fair Trading alleges GlaxoSmithKline concluded agreements which infringed competition law with

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  1. Rutgers' Mike Rice Rage: Bad Behavior or a Mental Disorder?

    Thu, 4 Apr 2013

    Later, when they have calmed down, they can feel remorse, regret or shame. Effective treatments can include antidepressants and cognitive behavior therapy. Wallin admits she is not an expert in IED, but she has witnessed plenty of anger

  2. Cheap Prescription Drug Secrets Revealed By Consumer Group

    Thu, 28 Mar 2013

    200 pharmacies across the country to request retail prices for five best-selling drugs: The diabetes drug Actos; the antidepressant Lexapro; the cholesterol-lowering pill Lipitor; the blood thinner Plavix; and the asthma treatment,Singulair; all

  3. 15 Viagra Ups and Downs

    Tue, 26 Mar 2013

    might hold promise for women with sexual dysfunction secondary to multiple sclerosis, diabetes, spinal cord injury and antidepressant medications. Altitude Sickness Viagra can help you rise to the occasion, when mountain climbing, that is. The drug has

  4. Moms on Xanax: Women Say Antidepressants , Anti-Anxiety Meds Make Them Better Moms

    Wed, 20 Mar 2013

    More and more people are taking antidepressants and anti-anxiety medications, and among that number is a growing legion of women who say these medications help them become

  5. Brooke Burke-Charvet on Aging Gracefully

    Fri, 15 Mar 2013

    exercise. READ ALSO: Brooke Burke-Charvet is Cancer Free "It's like the best medicine in the world...the best antidepressant ," she said of her fitness routine. Brooke-Charvet says she also sees passing her healthy habits on to her children

  6. Anorexia Can Strike and Kill as Early as Kindergarten

    Sun, 24 Feb 2013

    children from eating. Counselors helped address Sophie's anxiety with cognitive behavior therapy; she takes antidepressants for anxiety. Her family later learned she had rituals from mild obsessive-compulsive disorder. "She folded

  7. Lena Dunham and 9 More Stars with OCD

    Fri, 15 Feb 2013

    of Rolling Stone. In the cover story, the 26-year-old creator and star of HBO's "Girls" says she took antidepressants in high school, and was obsessed with the number eight. "I remember saying to my mom when I was little, 'I

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  1. Amanda Knox Family Interview: 'Terrifying to Be Alone, And I Wasn't'

    Thu, 2 May 2013

    know what to expect. I was completely distraught. I hadn't slept all night. They were trying to get me to take antidepressants and it was just like leave me alone please and when I got there and I sat down with them, I didn't know what

    Antidepressants found at 4:00

    hadn't slept all night. They were trying to get me to take antidepressants and it was just like leave me alone please and when I got there and I sat down with them, I didn't
  2. More Mothers Turning to Prescription Drugs

    Wed, 20 Mar 2013

    mormons are turning to the new mommy's little helpers, antidepressants and anti-anxiety medications. New mom ann marie lindsay internet firestorm with some critics calling mothers on antidepressants and xanax pathetic. Noting we are using meds to deal with

    Antidepressants found at 0:21, 1:31

    that more and mormons are turning to the new mommy's little helpers, antidepressants and anti-anxiety medications. New mom ann marie lindsay says her daily pill regimen wards off paralyzing panic attacks. If I'm not on
    mom set off an internet firestorm with some critics calling mothers on antidepressants and xanax pathetic. Noting we are using meds to deal with normal sadness. Does it surprise you that moms more now than
  3. Antidepressant Side Effects In Children?

    Fri, 7 Mar 2008

    sexual side effects that antidepressants cause and adolescents and box warning. We're on antidepressants in the risk for educated vigilant in the prescribing of antidepressants . For a number of reasons educated upon taking an antidepressant in a way that they become

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    The most common side effects that experienced -- children adolescents who take antidepressants . Include feelings of sedation in some weight gain. In some children a smaller percentage they actually feel more -- tries from the anti depressant and when you prescribe the medicine. The parents can help you to decide whether their child beaten comes -- -- more -- in those instances they can get the medicine you can hear them morning depending on which symptoms -- The experience. In addition there are some sexual side effects that antidepressants cause and adolescents and adults. Those -- -- -- discussed with the parent and the child separated with a doctorate in child separate from the parent especially the adolescents. Finally one has to mention the FDA black box warning. We're on antidepressants in the risk for educated behavior when children adolescents take them especially the risk for suicide -- It makes sense to be very vigilant in the prescribing of antidepressants . For a number of reasons including associate black box warning. But it also turns out that it could very disease that -- treating -- associated with an increased risk for suicide. If somebody's going to become educated upon taking an antidepressant in a way that they become potentially aggressive it happens usually. In the first one to two weeks and special monitoring during
  4. Paulina Porizkova's Antidepressant Struggle

    Thu, 19 May 2011

    Former supermodel says she was hooked on antidepressants for two years.

  5. Are Antidepressants Effective?

    Fri, 8 Jan 2010

    to suggest that. Perhaps doctors are over prescribing antidepressants if they don't seem to be more effective than placebos also want to touch quickly on possible side effects of antidepressants buying other than some recent black box labeled at an attitude

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    so this study seems to suggest that. Perhaps doctors are over prescribing antidepressants if they don't seem to be more effective than placebos in those people. -- I have some problems with this study and
    issues. But also want to touch quickly on possible side effects of antidepressants buying other than some recent black box labeled at an attitude too many of these drugs can you touch on that. Well
  6. For How Long Do I Take Antidepressants ?

    Wed, 20 Feb 2008

    depression that a number of anti depressants available. If you start an antidepressant medication and it leads to full of symptom relief that symptoms have gone. Then the antidepressant medication should be continued for at least six to nine months

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    that -- a number of anti depressants available. If you start an antidepressant medication and it leads to full of symptom relief that -- -- symptoms have gone. Then the antidepressant medication should be continued for at least six to nine months for that episode of depression. In a large percentage of patients
  7. Antidepressant Side Effects In My Child?

    Mon, 25 Feb 2008

    Antidepressant medications like all medications that are more serious. Initially. Antidepressant medications. May cause gastrointestinal a hundred. Children treated with antidepressant medications spontaneously. Either

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    Antidepressant medications like all medications. -- have side effects. We really want to break these down -- to two major types of side effects one. Ones that we may anticipate. And may -- be able to tolerate and others that are more serious. Initially. Antidepressant medications. May cause gastrointestinal. Sometimes this may include nausea. -- -- Loading or gas. Their -- -- side effects that are commonly
    from may be. One to three and a hundred. Children treated with antidepressant medications -- spontaneously. -- -- Either thoughts of wanting to hurt themselves. Or going from thinking -- that hurt themselves actually doing this. Obviously this is very serious the good news of this however is that the vast majority of children taking antidepressant medications. Will feel less badly. Tolerate the medication. Can appear to be helped from the medication. Given the fact that some children
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