You may be surprised if your healthcare provider recommends an antidepressant for chronic pain. Is this because she believes you are depressed? Or can antidepressants help with pain even for people ...
[47] Electrocardiograms must be obtained prior to beginning TCA therapy in the elderly, and anticholinergic ... of 50-150ng/mL achieves more stable antidepressant response, in our experience ...
Although medications in this class are called antidepressants, they have effects that go beyond stabilizing a depressed mood. Antidepressants have been shown to affect many aspects of the body, ...
Many drugs commonly prescribed to the elderly have anticholinergic properties ... have replaced the highly anticholinergic tricyclic antidepressants. These positive advances in the form of ...
But at the same time, numbers from the CDC show that fatal overdoses involving antidepressants have been on the rise for the past two decades. John Yang speaks with clinical psychologist and ...
Editor’s note: Dr. Jill Grimes is author of “The Ultimate College Student Health Handbook: Your Guide for Everything From Hangovers to Homesickness.” Grimes has more than 30 years of ...
Is it safe to drink alcohol while taking antidepressant medications? What about using weed? What will happen if I skip a dose of my medicine so I can drink at a party? Are any over-the-counter ...