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	Antidepressant definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms
		Antidepressant: Anything, and especially a drug, used to prevent or treat depression.
		Antidepressants should not be used unless the depression is severe and/or other treatments have failed.
		As with all drugs, the use of antidepressants requires monitoring for side effects, and suicide should be considered a possible side effect of the newer antidepressants.
	www.medterms.com /script/main/art.asp?articlekey=24397 (150 words)

	Antidepressant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Many antidepressants also are used for the treatment of anxiety disorders, and tricyclic antidepressants are used in the treatment of chronic pain disorders such as chronic functional abdominal pain (CFAP), myofascial pain syndrome, and post-herpetic neuralgia.
		The therapeutic effects of antidepressants are believed to be related to an effect on neurotransmitters, particularly by inhibiting the monoamine transporter proteins of serotonin and norepinephrine.
		Antidepressants should be used with great care, usually in conjunction with mood stabilisers, in the treatment of bipolar disorder, as they can exacerbate symptoms of mania.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Antidepressant (2722 words)

	Tricyclic antidepressant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tricyclic antidepressants are used in numerous applications; mainly indicated for the treatment of clinical depression, pain, nocturnal enuresis, and ADHD, but they have also been used successfully for headache, bulimia nervosa, interstitial cystitis, irritable bowel syndrome, narcolepsy, persistent hiccups, pathological crying or laughing, smoking cessation, as an adjunct in schizophrenia, and in ciguatera poisoning.
		These newer antidepressants are thought to have fewer side effects and are also thought to be less effective if used in a suicide attempt, as the treatment and lethal doses (see therapeutic index) are farther apart than with the tricyclic antidepressants.
		Tricyclic antidepressants are highly protein bound and have a large volume of distribution; therefore removal of these compounds from the blood with hemodialysis, hemoperfusion or other techniques are unlikely to be of any significant benefit.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tricyclic_antidepressant (1817 words)

	Antidepressant Update
		Antidepressants are thought to increase levels of norepinephrine, serotonin, or dopamine at the synapse to restore equilibrium to neurotransmitter activity.
		The initial choice of an antidepressant is empiric and is typically based on the patient's prior history of response, family history of response, concomitant disease states, adverse-effect profiles, potential for drug interactions with other medications, and cost.
		Incidence of seizures with tricyclic and tetracyclic antidepressants.
	www.dr-bob.org /tips/antidepressants.html (5961 words)

	BookRags: Antidepressant Summary
		Antidepressants are a diverse group of drugs that demonstrate a capacity to produce improvement in the symptoms of clinical depression, and they are used to treat the abnormal mood states that characterize depressive illnesses.
		Antidepressant drugs are not generally helpful for short-term depressed moods that are part of everyday life or for the normal period of grief that follows the loss of a loved one.
		These antidepressants may be given in either the morning or the evening, depending on their effect on the patient's sleep.
	www.bookrags.com /research/antidepressant-edaa-01 (934 words)

	Anxiety Zone - Antidepressant
		Many antidepressants also are used for the treatment of anxiety disorders, and tricyclic antidepressants are used in the treatment of chronic pain disorders such as Chronic Functional Abdominal Pain (CFAP), Myofacial Pain Syndrome, and post-herpetic neuralgia.
		The first antidepressants, imipramine, a tricyclic, and iproniazid, a monoamine oxidase inhibitor, were discovered in the 1950s.
		Antidepressants often make the mania component of bipolar disorder worse, and should be used with great care in the treatment of that disorder, usually in conjunction with mood stabilisers.
	www.anxietyzone.com /glossary/antidepressant.html (1249 words)

	Antidepressant Drugs and Suicide.com
		Antidepressant drugs raise the small risk of suicidal thoughts and behavior in depressed children and adolescents, scientists at the Food and Drug Administration are reporting today in a detailed published account of findings they reached in 2004.
		Babies born to women taking antidepressants in the last three months of pregnancy were three times more likely to develop drug-related symptoms than those born to women who did not use the drugs or took them only in early pregnancy, according to a University of Pittsburgh study that pooled previous research.
		The antidepressant Zoloft did not drive a 12-year-old to murder his grandparents, a jury decided last week, but the news was hardly comforting to parents who have children on the medication.
	www.antidepressant-drugs-and-suicide.com /news.htm (7889 words)

	Antidepressants \| SSRI Suicide and Pulmonary Hypertension Risk: 2006 Update
		In February 2005, the debate over whether antidepressant drugs increase the risk of suicide in some children widened to include adults with the release of a report finding that adults taking the drugs were twice as likely to attempt suicide as those receiving a dummy pill or other treatments.
		Antidepressant prescription drugs developed for adults are regularly prescribed to young persons even though most have never been specifically approved for use by depressed children and adolescents.
		Parents of children prescribed antidepressant medications who committed suicide (and family members of adults who committed suicide) have filed wrongful death lawsuits claiming that the pharmaceutical companies failed to disclose the link between the drugs and increased suicidal thoughts and behaviors.
	www.antidepressant-drugs-and-suicide.com (1144 words)

	Tricyclic antidepressant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		While there is considerable overlap in their actions and uses, these different categories of antidepressants work by distinct mechanisms, have different side effect profiles, and could be favored for varying indications.
		Clomipramine is a somewhat specialized tricyclic antidepressant agent only recently introduced into the United States and approved specifically for the cure of obsessive-compulsive disorder, in contrast to the other members of this class which have a broader range of accepted uses.
		The Tricyclic antidepressant is potentially lethal in overdose; however, appropriate clinical management appears to be a additional important issue than the toxicity of the drug.
	antidepressant-effects.150m.com /tricyclic-antidepressant.html (396 words)

	Antidepressants for the Long-Haul - Long-term antidepressant treatment
		According to the authors of the study, this means continuing with antidepressants reduces the risk of relapse by 70 percent, a figure that held fairly steady in their review across all classes of antidepressants, condition of patient, and length of time on an antidepressant prior to a particular study.
		In absolute terms, the relapse numbers in both the antidepressant and placebo groups rose after two years (24 and 33 percent for two groups on antidepressants vs 62 and 65 percent for two groups on placebos), but remained constant relative to each other.
		For many of us, going off our antidepressant is as unthinkable as a diabetic going off his insulin or a heart patient going off her beta blocker.
	www.mcmanweb.com /article-226.htm (852 words)

	Antidepressants - The Good, The Bad and The Funny. From People Who Have Taken These Crazy Meds...and SCIENCE!
		Effexor (venlafaxine hydrochloride) is the most addictive of the commonly prescribed antidepressants and is the drug everyone hates to have taken if they ever need to stop.
		Some doctors think that antidepressants should never be used with bipolar, and I used to go along with that until I spent a month in the bipolar 2 part of the spectrum.
		However there is one and only one antidepressant in the US that has approval for pediatric use and that's Prozac (fluoxetine hydrochloride).
	www.crazymeds.org /antidepressants.html (4473 words)

	Venlafaxine (Effexor) FAQ
		Is venlafaxine a satisfactory antidepressant for the elderly?
		As with other antidepressants, people with bipolar disorder who are not being treated with a mood regulator such as lithium, valproate (Depakote), or carbamazepine (Tegretol) may be pushed into a manic episode when treated with venlafaxine.
		In patients who have not responded to three antidepressants from at least two of the major classes of antidepressants, venlafaxine was found to be effective in nearly one-half of the people with depression who took it.
	www.dr-bob.org /tips/venlafaxine.html (1163 words)

	Wellbutrin XL Patient, Information, Instructions - Bupropion Hydrochloride - RxList Monographs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Whenever an antidepressant is started or its dose is changed, pay close attention to your child.
		Antidepressants are used to treat depression and other illnesses.
		Be sure to ask your healthcare provider to explain all the side effects of the particular drug he or she is prescribing.
	www.rxlist.com /cgi/generic3/wellbutrinxl_pi.htm (2647 words)

	Antidepressant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Antidepressants are almost main constituents of medications assortment available today for general manage.
		We can't live without antidepressants today, taking antidepressants became as usual as drinking coffee in the morning.
		Antidepressant may be a prescription and a non-prescription pill as well.
	antidepressant.angelcities.com /antidepressant.html (336 words)

	Drug Recalls - Antidepressant Suicide Warning
		The antidepressant drugs which the FDA is reviewing for a possible increased risk of suicidal thoughts or behavior and to carry the proposed warnings, include: Prozac (fluoxetine); Zoloft (sertraline); Paxil (paroxetine); Luvox (fluvoxamine); Celexa (citalopram); Lexapro (escitalopram); Wellbutrin (bupropion); Effexor (venlafaxine); Serzone (nefazodone); and Remeron (mirtazapine).
		The warning recommends patients being treated with antidepressants, including Effexor, be observed closely for clinical worsening and suicidality, especially at the beginning of a course of drug therapy, or when the drug dosage either increases or decreases.
		Furthermore, healthcare providers and consumers are warned about the need for close observation of patients being treated with antidepressants for worsening symptoms of depression, for the emergence of suicidality, and for the emergence of a variety of other symptoms that may indicate a worsening of the patient's condition.
	www.drugrecalls.com /antidepressants.html (1039 words)

	Antidepressant Medications Anti-depressant Drugs Antidepressant: bupropion, Wellbutrin
		Bupropion hydrochloride, an antidepressant of the aminoketone class, is chemically unrelated to tricyclic, tetracyclic, or other known antidepressant agents.
		The neurochemical mechanism of the antidepressant effect of bupropion is not known.
		Compared to classical tricyclic antidepressants, it is a weak blocker of the neuronal uptake of serotonin and norepinephrine; it also inhibits the neuronal re-uptake of dopamine to some extent.
	support4hope.com /medications/antidepressants/bupropion_wellbutrin.htm (545 words)

	ABC News: Q+A: Antidepressant Side Effects
		While one patient may be able to taper off an antidepressant in two months, the next patient may need to take eight months to taper off the same dose of the same antidepressant.
		So, an antidepressant tapering program has to provide standard dosage reductions for each antidepressant and at the same instruct doctors and patients on how to customize the dosage reductions when patients have moderate to severe withdrawal reactions that require slowing the taper down to keep patients safe and comfortable.
		Now that the FDA has officially warned that antidepressants may make patients suicidal, the pressure to diagnose patients who do poorly on antidepressants as bipolar is the latest variation on this theme of blaming patients rather than the drugs.
	abcnews.go.com /Primetime/story?id=333966&page=1 (923 words)

	Antidepressant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		antidepressant Nella nuova economia globale, la crescente domanda di prodotti in grandi quantita`, antidepressant porta le grosse compagnie farmaceutiche ad investire in impianti e aziende oltreoceano piuttosto che produrre con costi proibitivi antidepressant.
		oscurita ripida antidepressant the registrai parusia with radiocomanderanno oversize.
		Succlavie pellucido attendismo the respinte sinartrosi with antidepressant surriferiti origene.
	www.kimmystry.com /antideprimente/antidepressant.html (1359 words)

	genome.gov \| 2006 News Release: Gene Influences Antidepressant Response
		Having two copies of one version of a gene that codes for a component of the brain’s mood-regulating system increased the odds of a favorable response to an antidepressant by up to 18 percent, compared to having two copies of the other, more common version.
		Antidepressants, including citalopram, reduce the number of serotonin 2A receptors in animal cortex over the course of a few weeks — the same time-frame required for the drugs to work in humans — suggesting that the receptors are important in the drugs’; mechanism of action.
		Since the site of variation is located in a stretch of genetic material with no known function, the researchers suspect that it may be just a marker for a still-undiscovered functional variation nearby in the gene.
	www.genome.gov /18016565 (882 words)

	AntidepressantSuicide.com - Info and Legal Claims About Antidepressant Child Suicides
		Antidepressants increase the risk of suicidal thinking and behavior (suicidality) in children and adolescents with major depressive disorders and other psychiatric disorders.
		Anyone considering the use of an antidepressant in a child or adolescent for any clinical use must balance the risk of increased suicidality with the clinical need.
		Consequently, the new warning language does not prohibit the use of antidepressants in children and adolescents, but rather warns of the risk of suicidality and encourages prescribers to balance this risk with clinical need.
	www.antidepressantsuicide.com (1342 words)

	Texas Medicaid, Vendor Drug Program, Antidepressant Drugs
		The concurrent use of two antidepressant medications with the same spectrum of activity may not be justified.
		Concurrent antidepressant and MAOI use has been shown to induce seizures, mania, and hyperpyretic crisis and is not recommended.
		Tricyclic antidepressants appear to increase the pressor response to direct-acting sympathomimetics and block the pressor response in indirect-acting sympathomimetics when administered concurrently.
	www.hhsc.state.tx.us /HCF/vdp/Criteria/antidepr.html (2186 words)

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