The shortage in Canada of bupropion, a popular prescription antidepressant, has been stressful for patients with mental illnesses and the people who care for them.
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Key antidepressant ingredient contributing to antibiotic-resistant superbug
Scientists have discovered a key ingredient in the most widely used antidepressants may be contributing to the antibiotic resistant superbug that has spread through hospitals across the world. Bacteria has become increasingly resistant to antibiotics in recent years, which is generally thought to be down to overusing of the drugs. However, it seems other medications […]
Antidepressant drugs do work, review on almost 120,000 patients concludes
Antidepressants can be an effective tool to treat major depression, but this does not necessarily mean antidepressants should always be the first line of treatment, researcher says.
Mother says antidepressant drugs turned her son into a 'psychotic killer'
YOUTUBE/FACEBOOK Leonie Fennell, mother of Shane Clancy, says she is convinced antidepressant drugs made him kill Shane Clancy a 22-year-old final year theology student at Trinity University, had “never harmed anyone” when he went on the deadly spree, 17 days after being prescribed the drugs. He then killed himself. Leonie Fennell, 52, researcher in healthcare […]
Mother says antidepressant drugs turned her son into a ‘psychotic killer’
A MOTHER whose son went on a knife rampage killing his former girlfriend’s partner before stabbing himself to death, has said she is convinced that antidepressant drugs drove him to murder. Daily Express :: Health Feed
‘Off-label’ antidepressant use lacks evidence, and a link between math skills and your health
Second Opinion is a vital dose of the week’s news in health and medicine from reporter Kelly Crowe and CBC Health. CBC | Health News
