Uppers cause toxic effects in the lungs - The lungs may be acting as a reservoir for antidepressants, causing toxic effects in the blood and brain, says a recent report from Japan. ...

Uppers for puffers - We all know that smoking is bad for our health. So doctors have been trying to encourage smokers to stop with the help of the antidepressant nortipty...

Antidepressant linked with withdrawal symptoms - For years, drug manufacturing giant GlaxoSmithKline has promoted their best-selling antidepressant paroxetine (Seroxat) as safe and easy to quit takin...

Antidepressants: The baddest of the bad is revealed - Antidepressants are a family of drugs that are bad and dangerous to know – and now researchers have named Effexor (venlafaxine) as the baddest of the...

Elderly at greater risk with the new antidepressants - The new generation of antidepressants such as the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) may be more dangerous than their predecessors for th...

The latest antidepressants - The arrival of the SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors), such as Prozac, in the early 1990s was greeted by the medical profession as the fi...

Fall risk for elderly on antidepressants - All classes of antidepressants are dangerous for the elderly to take, and will greatly increase their risk of a fall and fracturing a hip, new researc...

New uppers: no improvement - The SSRI group of antidepressants - including fluoxetine and paroxetine - are no more effective and have no fewer side effects than the older tricycli...