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By atracyphd on June 13, 2010
Seroxat [Paxil] antidepressant pills.
Photograph: Jack Sullivan/Alamy
The number of antidepressants prescribed by the NHS
has almost doubled in the last decade, and rose sharply last year as the
recession bit, figures reveal.
The health service issued 39.1m prescriptions for drugs to tackle depression in England in 2009, compared
with 20.1m in 1999 – a 95% jump. Doctors handed out 3.18m more prescriptions
last year than in 2008, almost twice the annual rise seen in preceding years,
according to previously unpublished statistics released by the NHS’s Business
Services Authority.
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged 11 June, 1m, antidepressants, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Family Doctors, Guardian Co Uk, Guardian Uk, Health Service, Jack Sullivan, Last Decade, Medication, Moderate Depression, Paxil, Paxil Antidepressant, prescriptions, Professor Steve, Recession, Royal College Of General Practitioners, Symptoms Of Depression, Treating Mild Depression |
By atracyphd on December 16, 2009
BMJ research reveals an increase in long-term antidepressant use across the UK
Updated guidance published this week says GPs should only consider the drugs for patients with moderate or severe depression, or those suffering sub-threshold depressive symptoms for at least two years.
The latest guidance comes as research in the BMJ reveals an increase in long-term antidepressant use across the UK.
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged 28 October, Antidepressant, antidepressants, Bmj, Depressive Symptoms, drugs, Gp, Gps, Guidance, Long Periods, Mild Depression, National Institute For Clinical Excellence, prescriptions, Sanjay, Severe Depression, Suffering, Surgeries, Term Basis, Threshold |
By atracyphd on December 4, 2009
(NaturalNews) There were 36 million prescriptions issued for
antidepressant drugs in the United Kingdom in 2008, nearly one for every
adult in the population, according to numbers obtained by the Liberal
Democrat party.
The number is 2.1 million higher than in
2007.
Writing in the Guardian, Ed Halliwell examines the
reason for this trend, noting that antidepressant prescriptions have
increased more than threefold since the beginning of the 1990s, far
outstripping the increase in the percentage of the population classified
with a “common mental disorder.” From 1993 to 2007, this number increased
by only one million, going from 15.5 percent of the population to 17.6
percent.
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged 1 Million, 1990s, Adult Population, Antidepressant, Antidepressant Drugs, antidepressants, Common Mental Disorder, David Gutierrez, Drugs In The United Kingdom, Email Newsletter, Government Recommendations, Guardian, Liberal Democrat Party, Mental Illness, One Million, Pharmaceutical Treatments, Preferred Treatment, prescriptions, Prescriptions Drugs, Psychological Therapies, Psychotherapy Treatment, Staff Writer, Uk Adult |
By dadams on August 9, 2009
“The report shows that Glaxo [makers of Paxil] knew in 1989, long before Paxil was FDA approved, that people taking the drug were 8 times more likely to engage in suicidal behavior than people given a placebo, or sugar pill. Now, it stands to reason that even the most depressed person would decline to take Paxil if given these facts. Also, parents certainly would decline if they were told about the risks. . . . “The FDA approved Paxil on December 29, 1992, with no warning to doctors or patients of the significant increased risk of suicidal behavior,” he writes.
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By atracyphd on August 4, 2009
About 6 percent of people were prescribed an antidepressant in 1996 — 13 million people. This rose to more than 10 percent or 27 million people by 2005, the researchers found.
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged advertising, Anti-depressants, Antidepressant use, antidepressants, companies, doubles, Drug, Effexor, eli, Glaxo, gloxosmithkline, inhibitors. lamictal, kline, lexapro, Lilly, m.a.o., MAO, mood, Paxil, prescriptions, s.s.r.i., serotonin, Side Effects, smith, SSRI, U.S., Warnings, wellbutrin, Zoloft |
By atracyphd on August 4, 2009
A REMINDER: IT IS EASIER TO GET DOWN OFF A MOUNTAINTOP ONE GUARDED STEP AT A TIME THAN TO JUMP FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM.
No matter how few or how many side effects you have had on these antidepressants, withdrawal is a whole new world. The worst part of rapid withdrawal does not hit for several months AFTER you quit. So even if you think you are doing okay you quickly find that it becomes much worse.
Posted in Articles, Prozac Panacea or Pandora | Tagged advertising, Anti-depressants, antidepressants, Bouts, Cold Turkey, companies, Critical Piece, dangerous drugs, discontinuation, Drug, Effexor, eli, Glaxo, gloxosmithkline, inhibitors, insomnia, kline, lamictal, lexapro, Lilly, m.a.o., MAO, Medication, Minuscule Amounts, Mountaintop, Overwhelming Fatigue, Paxil, Pills, prescriptions, Psychiatric Ward, Psychotic Break, Rapid Withdrawal, Recovery Period, Reminder, s.s.r.i., serotonin, Side Effects, smith, SSRI, Ssri Antidepressants, Step At A Time, Term Users, Warnings, wellbutrin, Withdrawal, Zoloft |
By atracyphd on November 10, 2008
“The report shows that Glaxo [makers of Paxil] knew in 1989, long before
Paxil was FDA approved, that people taking the drug were 8 times more likely to
engage in suicidal behavior than people given a placebo, or sugar pill. Now,
it stands to reason that even the most depressed person would decline to take
Paxil if given these facts. Also, parents certainly would decline if they
were told about the risks. . . .
Posted in Articles | Tagged Abrupt Withdrawal, Amp, Antidepressant, antidepressants, approval, biochemical, bribes, Centers For Disease Control, children, Cold Hard Facts, company, Europe, F.D.A., FDA, Fraud, Global Market, grassley, Hostility, Imbalance, Ims Health, investigation, kick-backs, Leading The Way, Memory Banks, Pharmaceutical, Potential Danger, Prescribed Drugs, prescriptions, Primary Care Physicians, research, senator, Senator Grassley, Side Effects, SSRI, Ssri Antidepressants, study, SUICIDE, Zoloft |
By retoddb on September 15, 1999
News Alert! Catch it if you can. Part II of a series on SSRI drugs and their side effects will be shown on Thursday evening (9/16) on ABC News with Peter Jennings. While we’re at it, here are two links to a couple other ABC News Stories you may have missed. Bad Reactions to Prescriptions [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged 9 News, Abc News With Peter Jennings, Cause Of Death, Doctors, Double Edged Sword, Leading Cause Of Death, News Alert, News Report, News Stories, Peter Jennings, prescriptions, Ssri Drugs |
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