Antidepressant side effectsdoi:10.1016/S0033-3182(84)72928-8Maryonda ScherPsychosomatics
Fact:Like all drugs, antidepressants have side effects, and weight gain can be a common one of many of them. Some antidepressants may be more likely than others to cause weight gain; others may actually cause you to lose some weight. If this is a concern, talk with your doctor. Fear: ...
Most side effects from antidepressants are mild. However, some can be more serious and have a noticeable impact on your quality of life. Below, we’ve listed the most common side effects of antidepressants, along with information on the steps you can take to manage any side effects that you...
The key is to talk with your doctor about any antidepressant side effects that bother you. Your doctor can help you get relief and change your treatment plan if needed. “We’re going off of what the patient is telling us, and then based on that information we can make an appropriate re...
(s) 2021Side effects to antidepressant medications are common and can impact the prognosis of successful treatment outcome in peoplewith major depressive disorder (MDD). However, few studies have investigated the severity of side effects over the course oftreatment and their association with treatment...
Drug manufacturers, are, by regulatory mandate, required to disclose the side effects of their drugs in the package insert that usually comes in the box containing the pills. This same information is provided to physicians in the pharmaceutical encyclopedia called the Physicians Desk Reference (“PDR...
whether ketamine’s dissociative side effects are necessary for its antidepressant effects remains unclear. This perspective examines the relationship between dissociative effects and acute and longer-lasting antidepressant response to ketamine and other N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonists. Presen...
His parents and his widow Gabriella have since all spoken out to raise awareness around the potential side effects of antidepressants. Janine Henni, People.com, 19 May 2025 This may be one reason that data shows women in midlife are disproportionately being prescribed anti-depressants, despite meno...
The type of antidepressant that a physician prescribes depends largely on symptoms and severity of the condition and on the patient’s tolerance of side effects. For instance, the MAOIs—chiefly isocarboxazid, phenelzine, and tranylcypromine—in general are used only after treatment with tricyclic...
2. Clinical effects of the classical antidepressants appear slowly and many patients respond to them poorly if at all3. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) remains the treatment of choice for treatment-resistant depression but repeated ECT produces cognitive side effects. Thus, there is a huge unmet ...