Sexual Dysfunction After Stopping SSRI Antidepressants
Some patients are speaking up about lasting sexual problems after stopping antidepressants, a poorly understood condition. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - November 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Azeen Ghorayshi Tags: Research Antidepressants Depression (Mental) Sex Serotonin (Chemical) Prozac (Drug) Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) audio-neutral-informative Source Type: news
Long COVID Research Is In Its ‘ Most Hopeful ’ Phase Yet
A phenomenal amount of research on Long COVID—the name for chronic symptoms following a case of COVID-19—has been published over the past three years. But scientific advances have yet to bring relief to people who are already sick, a group estimated to include about 5% of U.S. adults but hard to precisely quantify due to the difficulty of diagnosing people correctly.
Researchers are optimistic that breakthroughs are coming. The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has launched multiple clinical trials focused on potential therapies, and several recent studies have pointed to biomarkers that may help doct...
Source: TIME: Health - October 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Low serotonin levels might explain some Long Covid symptoms, study proposes
Although theories abound, there is still no clear explanation for how infection with SARS-CoV-2 leads to lingering difficulty concentrating, problems with attention and memory, and other, often-debilitating symptoms associated with Long Covid.
Now, researchers studying people who reported these and other symptoms months postinfection propose a new possibility: That
inflammation in response to SARS-CoV-2 causes a drop in serotonin
—a chemical messenger involved in regulating mood and digestion, among myriad other functions—which in turn causes cognitive problems.
The propos...
Source: ScienceNOW - October 16, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Microdosing Unveiled: Expert's Take On The Practice's Ups & Downs
Paul Austin, the trainer of psychedelics microdosing practitioners, spoke to Benzinga about his collaboration with Lauren Mugglebee, who transitioned from a career at Meta META to coaching high-end tech and corporate clients in Silicon Valley. Austin is focused on passing on knowledge and…#paulaustin #laurenmugglebee #metameta #siliconvalley #prozac #lexapro #austin #pixabay #pexels (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Fluoxetine restrains allergic inflammation by targeting an Fc ɛRI-ATP positive feedback loop in mast cells | Science Signaling
Fluoxetine inhibits IgE- and ATP-driven driven mast cell function in allergic inflammation. (Source: Signal Transduction Knowledge Environment)
Source: Signal Transduction Knowledge Environment - September 12, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Hot weight loss drugs tested as addiction treatments
When the diabetes treatments known as GLP-1 analogs reached the market in 2005, doctors advised patients taking the drugs that they might lose a small amount of weight. Talk about an understatement. Obese people can drop more than 15% of their body weight, studies have found, and two of the medications are now approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for weight reduction. A surge in demand for the drugs as slimming treatments has led to shortages. “This class of drugs is exploding in popularity,” says clinical psychologist Joseph Schacht of the University of Colorado School of Medicine.
But patient...
Source: ScienceNOW - August 28, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Hot weight loss drugs tested as addiction treatments
When the diabetes treatments known as GLP-1 analogs reached the market in 2005, doctors advised patients taking the drugs that they might lose a small amount of weight. Talk about an understatement. Obese people can drop more than 15% of their body weight, studies have found, and two of the medications are now approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for weight reduction. A surge in demand for the drugs as slimming treatments has led to shortages. “This class of drugs is exploding in popularity,” says clinical psychologist Joseph Schacht of the University of Colorado School of Medicine.
But patient...
Source: ScienceNOW - August 28, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
America Has Reached Peak Therapy. Why Is Our Mental Health Getting Worse?
The U.S. has reached peak therapy. Counseling has become fodder for hit books, podcasts, and movies. Professional athletes, celebrities, and politicians routinely go public with their mental health struggles. And everyone is talking—correctly or not—in the language of therapy, peppering conversations with references to gaslighting, toxic people, and boundaries.
All this mainstream awareness is reflected in the data too: by the latest federal estimates, about one in eight U.S. adults now takes an antidepressant and one in five has recently received some kind of mental-health care, an increase of almost 15 mil...
Source: TIME: Health - August 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
RFK Jr. Makes Unfounded Claims About Mass Shootings, Covid-19: Here Are All The Conspiracies He Promotes
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promoted a string of conspiracy theories about gun ownership and the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic, among others, in a Twitter Spaces discussion Monday as he challenges President Joe Biden for the Democratic nomination—these are some of the unfounded claims he gave merit…#robertfkennedyjr #twitterspaces #kennedyjr #twitter #elonmusk #prozac #politifact #rollingstone #georgewbush #democrat (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Millions of Brits are prescribed antidepressants for pain every year, study claims
Around 10 million prescriptions for drugs including amitriptyline and fluoxetine, more commonly known as Prozac, were dished out in the last 12 months for long term pain management. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Most antidepressants prescribed for chronic pain lack reliable evidence of efficacy or safety, scientists warn
Largest ever investigation into antidepressants used for chronic pain shows insufficient evidence to determine how effective or harmful they may be.Study reviewed commonly prescribed medications including amitriptyline, duloxetine, fluoxetine, citalopram, paroxetine, and sertraline.One third of people globally are living with long-term pain with many prescribed antidepressants to relieve symptoms.Most antidepressants used for chronic pain are being prescribed with “insufficient” evidence of their effectiveness, scientists have warned.A major investigation into medications used to manage long-term pain found that harms ...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - May 9, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Muriah Umoquit Source Type: news
‘Parachute’ Review: Life After Rehab In Brittany Snow’s Directing Debut
There’s a lot going on in this troubled-girl-on-a-journey story, which recalls the late-’90s proliferation of books like Elizabeth Wurtzel’s Prozac Nation and Susanna Kaysen’s Girl, Interrupted. Brittany Snow’s directing debut doesn’t so much add to that canon as dust it down a bit for a new…#elizabethwurtzels #susannakaysensgirl #brittanysnow #courtneyeaton #eaton #riley #thomasmann #brooklyn #davebautista #centralcasting (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
'The side effects of Prozac made me think I was going mad - but here's why I'm still taking it'
EVE SIMMONS: My meltdown was caused by the pills I was taking to help me cope with stress. It happened two weeks after I'd started on the antidepressant Prozac, also known as fluoxetine. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Serotonin transporter availability in physically aggressive personality disordered patients: associations with trait and state aggression, and response to fluoxetine - Rosell DR, Slifstein M, Thompson J, Xu X, Perez-Rodriguez MM, McClure MM, Hazlett EA, New AS, Nabulsi N, Huang Y, Carson RE, Siever LS, Abi-Dargham A, Koenigsberg HW.
RATIONALE: Characterizing the neuroanatomical basis of serotonergic abnormalities in severe, chronic, impulsive aggression will allow for rational treatment selection, development of novel therapeutics, and biomarkers to identify at-risk individuals. ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
UCLA-developed soft brain probe could be a boon for depression research
Key takeawaysUCLA chemists ’ new probe is outfitted with biosensors designed to track specific neurotransmitters like serotonin.The probe is flexible enough to monitor the brains of research subjects as they move and perform everyday activities.The ability to continuously measure neurotransmitters would improve our understanding of how these chemicals affect psychological states.Anyone familiar with antidepressants like Prozac or Wellbutrin knows that these drugs boost levels of neurotransmitters in the brain like serotonin and dopamine, which are known to play an important role in mood and behavior.It might come as a su...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - December 16, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
