Ssris cause gastrointestinal bleeding - Individuals taking SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) antidepressants may be at increased risk of gastrointestinal bleeding, according to...

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...

Antidepressant overdose can be harmful after all - Fresh evidence suggests that selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) taken for depressive illness are not safe in overdose, contrary to the be...

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...

Paroxetine - Paroxetine (marketed in the UK as Seroxat and in the US as Paxil) is an antidepressant that has been blamed for causing chronic hepatitis. The drug, m...

The great depression myth - Every year around the world we take $13bn (£6.6bn)-worth of antidepressants, and more than 80 per cent of those prescriptions are for an SSRI (seroton...

Drugs: - Not for pregnant women, but still. . . - Doctors aren't great at reading drug information sheets, and their patients aren't much better either. That's why pregnant women are prescribed drugs...

Adverse events in hospital are common - As much as 10 per cent of patients entering hospital will experience preventable "adverse events", according to a study of two UK hospitals. ...