Antidepressant Effexor Linked to Postpartum Bleeding in Study
FRIDAY, Feb. 12, 2016 -- The antidepressant Effexor (venlafaxine) appears to increase a pregnant woman's risk of excess bleeding following labor, researchers say.
Effexor, a serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI), was linked with a more... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - February 12, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Antidepressant Effexor Linked to Postpartum Bleeding in Study
Other depression drugs known as SSRIs did not show risk, researchers say (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry - February 12, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: webmaster at doctorslounge.com Tags: Psychiatry, Obstetrics, News, Source Type: news
Antidepressants linked to suicide and aggression in teens
ConclusionPerhaps the most troubling aspect of this paper is not the increased risk of suicidal thoughts in young people, as that has been known for many years. What is worrying is the researchers’ conclusion that they are unable to tell the true extent of harms from antidepressants, because of poor data collection and availability.RCTs are designed to test the effects of treatments with as little bias as possible. However, if the right data on adverse effects is not collected in the trials, or is not made public, we cannot balance the benefits and risks of treatment in a fair and transparent way. According to the data w...
Source: NHS News Feed - January 28, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Mental health Medication Source Type: news
Antidepressants Linked to Increased Mania RiskAntidepressants Linked to Increased Mania Risk
SSRIs, venlafaxine linked to higher risk for manic or bipolar episodes, but role of underlying bipolar disorder a suspected factor. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines - December 17, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Psychiatry News Source Type: news
Can Antidepressants Trigger Mania?
(MedPage Today) -- SSRIs, venlafaxine associated with mania, but causal relationship uncertain (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - December 15, 2015 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
This Treatment May Help Depression in Older People
When a doctor prescribes aripiprazole (Abilify), an antipsychotic drug, for an older person already taking the antidepressant venlafaxine, that combination can help ease depression that doesn't get better with typical treatment, according to a new study. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - October 1, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
An 11-year retrospective review of venlafaxine ingestion in children from the California Poison Control System - Doroudgar S, Perry PJ, Lackey GD, Veselova NG, Chuang HM, Albertson TE.
Venlafaxine is commonly used in the United States for approved and non-Food and Drug Administration-approved indications in adults. It is used off-label to treat children for psychiatric diagnoses. The aim of the study was to describe venlafaxine toxicitie... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - September 17, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Living with Panic Attacks
You’re sitting in your car trying to will yourself to walk into the grocery store. Anxiety washes over you. You’re cold and hot at the same time with sweat trickling down your back, hair standing on your arms. You finally get out of your car. But as you enter the store, you feel wobbly and like you’re going to pass out. The fluorescent lighting seems especially stifling. The wide aisles, oddly enough, feel claustrophobic. Your breath feels finite, like a balloon floating up to the sky, which you can’t catch. In fact, at times you feel like you’re floating along with the balloon. At times you feel like Edvard Munc...
Source: Psych Central - September 3, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: Anxiety Cognitive-Behavioral Disorders General Psychotherapy Relaxation and Meditation Self-Esteem Self-Help Stress Academy of Cognitive Therapy Agoraphobia Antidepressant Anxiety Disorder Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Source Type: news
Venlafaxine abuse
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Venlafaxine as the ‘baby ecstasy’? Literature overview and analysis of web-based misusers’ experiences. Francesconi G et al. Hum Psychopharmacol Clin Exp 2015 Jul;30:255-261.
Abstract
In 2003, Sattar et al published a case report of venlafaxine abuse in a 38-year-old man. The patient had been prescribed 225-mg extended-release venlafaxine daily. He found that increasing his dose by 50% — to 337.5-mg per day — initially produced a “sudden, amphetamine-like ‘high'” that he did not re-experience even after increasing the dose to 450-mg.
He subsequently discovered ...
Source: The Poison Review - July 30, 2015 Category: Toxicology Authors: Leon Tags: Medical abuse effexor overdose venlafaxine Source Type: news
Vasomotor Symptoms Relieved by Escitalopram, E2, VenlafaxineVasomotor Symptoms Relieved by Escitalopram, E2, Venlafaxine
Menopausal women with moderate vasomotor symptoms may find relief from escitalopram, low-dose dose oral 17-beta-estradiol, or venlafaxine, according to a pooled analysis. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape ObGyn and Womens Health Headlines)
Source: Medscape ObGyn and Womens Health Headlines - July 15, 2015 Category: OBGYN Tags: Ob/Gyn & Women ' s Health News Source Type: news
Risk of completed suicide after initial hospitalization for deliberate overdose
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Risk of Suicide Following Deliberate Self-poisoning. Finkelstein Y et al. JAMA Psychiatry 2015 Apr 1 [Epub ahead of print]
Abstract
The authors primary objective was to determine the risk of subsequent successful suicide in patients discharged from hospital after a first suicide attempt. They used multiple healthcare databases to identify patients hospitalized for first suicide attempt in Ontario, Canada from April 2002 through December 2010. Subjects identified were followed through the end of 2011. For each subject a control patient without history of self-poisoningt was selected, matched for age, gend...
Source: The Poison Review - April 11, 2015 Category: Toxicology Authors: Leon Tags: Medical overdose risk self-poisoning suicide Source Type: news
2015 Global Venlafaxine Market Size & Development Report Now...
LifeScienceIndustryResearch.com announces Global Venlafaxine Industry 2015 Market Research Report of 193 pages added to its research database.(PRWeb April 09, 2015)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/global-venlafaxine-market/2020-forecast-report/prweb12642225.htm (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - April 10, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Non-controlled and over-the-counter drugs of abuse
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Abuse of Medications That Theoretically Are Without Abuse Potential. Reeves RR et al. South Med J 2015 Mar;108:151-157.
Abstract
This review of noncontrolled prescription and over-the-counter drugs that can be and have been abused for non-medical or recreational purposes is rather sketchy and anecdotal (as the authors admit,) but nevertheless contains some useful information.
Classes of drugs discussed include:
Cold & Cough products: pseudoephedrine, ephedrine, oxymetazoline, dextromethorphan
Anticholinergics: diphenhydramine, benztropine, trihexyphenidyl (Artane)
Antipsychotics: quetiapine,...
Source: The Poison Review - March 24, 2015 Category: Toxicology Authors: Leon Tags: Medical cough/cold preparations dextromethorphan medication abuse otc over-the-counter Source Type: news
Medication and Anxiety
Medication can be an effective approach for managing various types of anxiety such as panic, hyperarousal, and constant worry. However, contrary to popular belief and subtle messages from pharmaceutical companies, medication is far from a cure. In fact, when it comes to “cures” for most psychiatric conditions, the data tends to support psychotherapy.
For example, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) responds very well to psychotherapy, whereas the positive effects of medication are somewhat limited. The same is true for panic disorder. Although certain types of medication are very good at relieving panic sympt...
Source: Psych Central - March 11, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Bret Moore, PsyD Tags: Anti-anxiety Antidepressants Benzodiazepines Disorders General Medications Panic Disorder anti-anxiety medications Drug Dependency Fear Hyperarousal Sedatives Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor snri Ssri Substance Abuse Source Type: news
venlafaxine, Effexor XR (Effexor has been discontinued in the US)
Title: venlafaxine, Effexor XR (Effexor has been discontinued in the US)Category: MedicationsCreated: 12/31/1997 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 2/27/2015 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Depression General)
Source: MedicineNet Depression General - February 27, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
