Is it safe to take SSRI long term? SSRIs are generally considered safe to take long-term, says Maurizio Fava, executive vice chair of the department of psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital. Which antidepressants cause the most weight gain? The antidepressants most likely to cause weight g...
Despite what you might have heard,statins(cholesterol-lowering medications) — likeatorvastatin(Lipitor),simvastatin(Zocor), androsuvastatin(Crestor) — do not usually cause ED. Some men with ED who take statins for high cholesterol actually self-reported a25% improvementin erectile function. And the...
Hence, the combination of SSRI-induced changes in ocular exploration over fearful expressions and over all faces could lead to a more functional attention deployment toward socially salient stimuli, contributing to the long-term anxiolytic effect of antidepressants. If this were true, anti- depressant...
In Study 2, citalopram increased gaze maintenance over the face stimuli compared with placebo and enhanced recognition of positive vs negative facial expressions. Longer ocular exploration of happy faces correlated positively with recognition of positive emotions. Individuals at risk for psychopathology ...
Long-term use of sleeping pills can cause dependency. This can materialize in several forms, including needing a higher and higher dose to fall asleep as your body “gets used to” a sleeping pill, or developing rebound insomnia if you stop taking the sleep medication.2Rebound insomnia occurs...
The presence of residual depressive symptoms has also been proven to be associated with an increased risk of short-term relapse as well as with a long-term chronic course. Patients' attitude towards treatment has also been widely discussed as a key predictive factor of the long-term course of...