News tagged with antidepressant drug
Drugmakers brace for generic versions of biotech blockbusters
In 2001, Abbott Laboratories spent nearly $7 billion on the biggest acquisition in the company's 123-year history, primarily to access one drug, Humira.
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May 27, 2011 |
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A second pathway for antidepressants: New fluorescent assay reveals TREK1 mechanism
(PhysOrg.com) -- Using a unique and relatively simple cell-based fluorescent assay they developed, scientists with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) ...
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Feb 07, 2011 |
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FDA declines to approve Orexigen diet drug
(AP) -- Orexigen Therapeutics Inc. shares plunged nearly 75 percent in pre-market trading Tuesday after U.S. health officials declined to approve the experimental weight loss pill Contrave.
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Feb 01, 2011 |
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Light therapy promising for treating major depression
(PhysOrg.com) -- A small clinical trial in The Netherlands suggests bright light therapy may be a useful treatment for the symptoms of major depression in older adults.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 07, 2011 |
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As Americans keep getting fatter, doctors ask: Where are the drugs?
In their quest to find drugs to curb obesity, scientists have had about as much success as long-term dieters who want to stay thin - which is to say, very little. In fact, the last year has been so bleak on the research front ...
Dec 22, 2010 |
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Lay counsellors may help tackle depression in resource-poor settings
Trained lay counsellors can be effective at helping treat people who have depression and anxiety in public primary care facilities, according to a study published today in the Lancet.
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Dec 16, 2010 |
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Depressed mice could aid research on drug-resistant depression in humans
New research shows that a unique strain of laboratory mice characterized at Penn State University has behavioral, hormonal, and neurochemical characteristics that are similar to those of human patients with ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 29, 2010 |
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Could new psychological treatment be a viable alternative to anti-depressants?
(PhysOrg.com) -- Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT), an emerging psychological treatment which focuses on targeting negative thinking and behaviour, is the subject of new research at the Universities ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 29, 2010 |
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Common antidepressant drugs linked to lactation difficulties in moms
According to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM), women taking commonly used forms of antidepressant drugs may experience delayed lactation aft ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 26, 2010 |
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Antidepressants cut risk of hospital readmission for suicidal youth
Suicidal adolescents who were prescribed an antidepressant medication during inpatient psychiatric hospital treatment were 85 percent less likely than others to be readmitted within a month after discharge, a new study found.
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Dec 17, 2009 |
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Is it right for drug companies to carry out their own clinical trials?
In BMJ today two experts debate whether the conflict of interest is unacceptable when drug companies carry out clinical trials on their own medicines.
Nov 30, 2009 |
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New Way To Predict Drug Side Effects
Predicting the side-effects of a drug is not simple task. The human body has more than 1,500 molecules that are known to be involved in various diseases, and often a drug designed to hit one of these targets will also hit ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 11, 2009 |
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Popular antidepressant associated with a dramatic increase in suicidal thoughts amongst men
Nortriptyline has been found to cause a ten-fold increase in suicidal thoughts in men when compared to its competitor escitalopram. These findings are published in the open access journal BMC Medicine.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Oct 14, 2009 |
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Jury orders Glaxo to pay $2.5M in Paxil case
(AP) -- A Philadelphia jury has ordered GlaxoSmithKline to pay $2.5 million over birth defects allegedly caused by its antidepressant drug Paxil.
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Oct 14, 2009 |
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Scientist Probes Promising Link Between Warmth, Better Moods
(PhysOrg.com) -- The University of Colorado at Boulder scientist who discovered that playing in the dirt might ease depression is probing the link between higher temperatures and elevated mood.
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Sep 15, 2009 |
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