Posted October 7, 2011 by Hive Health From 1994 to 2005, the number of children in the United States taking part in special education programs for autism increased from 22,664 to 193,637. From 1996 to 2005, the number of Americans taking antidepressants nearly doubled to the point where ten percent of the population had a Full Article…
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Widely Used SSRIs Raise Concerns of Birth Defects
Posted August 8, 2011 by Jennifer Walker-Journey According to a recent study, nearly 75 percent of all antidepressants were prescribed to patients without documented psychiatric conditions by non-psychiatrists in 2007, raising a host of concerns including the potential for patients to suffer serious side effects from the drugs that could put their unborn children at Full Article…
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Johnson & Johnson Wins Second Trial Over Levaquin Claims
Posted June 21, 2011 on SF Chronicles June 17 (Bloomberg) – Johnson & Johnson properly warned of the risks of its antibiotic Levaquin and isn’t responsible for a tendon injury sustained by an 84-year-old man, a Minneapolis jury said. Calvin Christensen, who said he ruptured the Achilles tendon in his right foot after taking the Full Article…
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Cymbalta vs Paxil
Posted May 7, 2011 on Heal Blog Depression is a condition which needs immediate treatment. Fatal complications like death may occur with depression. As such, many drugs have been manufactured by drug companies and extensive researches are being conducted to arrive at the best medications to treat depression. Cymbalta and Paxil are two common drugs Full Article…
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Medication Use in Pregnancy Rises
Posted April 27, 2011 on MyHealthNewsDaily An increasing number of pregnant women in the United States are on medication, and many of them are taking more than one, a new study finds. Over three decades, the use of prescription medication in the first trimester of pregnancy has increased 60 percent, and the use of four Full Article…
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Metformin best type 2 diabetes drug
Posted March 30, 2011 on Annals of Internal Medicine An inexpensive type 2 diabetes drug that has been around for more than 15 years works just as well and has fewer side effects than most new and more expensive classes of medication used to control the chronic disease. Although there are numerous options in oral Full Article…
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Drugs, water retention tied to heart risks
Posted February 26, 2011 on UPI.com CLEVELAND, Feb. 26 (UPI) – Fluid retention may explain why medications such as Vioxx, Bextra and Avandia can increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes, U.S. researchers suggest. Dr. Robert P. Blankfield of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland used several basic cardiovascular and hydraulic Full Article…
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Top Ten Legal Drugs Linked to Violence
Posted January 7, 2011 on Time When people consider the connections between drugs and violence, what typically comes to mind are illegal drugs like crack cocaine. However, certain medications — most notably, some antidepressants like Prozac — have also been linked to increase risk for violent, even homicidal behavior. A new study from the Institute Full Article…
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Paxil Can Make Men Infertile
Posted December 13, 2010 on Carey & Danis It turns out that taking SSRIs like Paxil can increase DNA fragmentation in sperm. This is according to research presented recently at the 64th annual meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine in San Francisco. While the research wasn’t aimed directly at the study of male Full Article…
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Paxil May Cause Cataracts
Posted December 10, 2010 on Carey & Danis Research now shows that among other side effects from taking Paxil — including increased birth defects, addiction, mood swings, suicidal behavior and suicide — Paxil may also cause cataracts. A study conducted by scientists in British Columbia and Quebec looked for a link between cataracts and SSRI Full Article…
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