Before clinical trials they try all medicines on animals in order to determine their safety for fetal development. It is clear that women are not carried out any researches. Sometimes its earlier not noticed harmful properties may be appeared during extensive practical use. The same situation is observed with antidepressants.
According to recent researches, new-born [...]
Modern depression medicines are considered very efficacious, but they help not everybody. In serious cases antidepressants are not able to relieve symptoms, at least by half patients. A large number of them still experience melancholy, adynamia, hopelessness and apathy even after intense treatment.
According to statistics, about 15% of Americans suffer from one or another [...]
There is a stereotype that taking of antidepressants – is a manifestation of weak character. At the same time, people who suffer from other diseases like high blood-pressure or polyarthritis, take medications during exacerbation, and it is considered quite normal.
For example, aspirin is not able to treat polyarthritis, but it can kill the pain [...]
How do antidepressants work?
If do not go into details, antidepressants are able to correct the work of some mechanisms of the brain. Our brain includes a lot of nerve cells – neurons. Although there is a communication between neurons, they do not adjoin each other – there is a chink between them, which is [...]
Antidepressants are medications which relieve or prevent depression. Before antidepressant’s discovery it were extensively used substances with stimulating effect. They were able to cause euphoria (opium and other opiates, caffeine, ginseng). To reduce anxiety and excitability it was used valerian, as well as bromine salt. The real revolution in psychopharmacology was discovery of antidepressants in [...]
What types of antidepressants exist?
Antidepressants are conditionally divided into groups in accordance with the chemical agents which they affect (pharmacodynamic principle). There are several different types of antidepressants, including:
1. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)
Citalopram (brand name Celexa)
Escitalopram (brand name Lexapro)
Fluoxetine (brand name Prozac)
Paroxetine (brand name Paxil, Pexeva)
Sertraline (brand name Zoloft)
Side Effects of SSRI’s [...]
Antidepressants – are psychotropic remedies, which revive spirits, relieve anxiety and stress, and raise mental activity. The cure includes intake of several antidepressants.
Antidepressants are used for depression treatment, some anxious disorders and other diseases.
Beneficial action
Antidepressants may relief anxiety and depression. Because of sedative effect, they can be taken by many people with panic disorders [...]
