Getting 'off meds' has consequences
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Psychiatrists say it's a common scenario Â troubled patients stop taking their medicine, because of cost, side effects, the stigma, or delusions that they don't need it. The consequences can be tragic, though rarely as horrific as the Valentine's Day suicide-slaughter at Northern Illinois University.
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The age of psychopharmaceuticals has changed the preferred method of self-medication for holiday stress.
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Some elderly Americans simply stop taking their prescribed drugs when insurance plans cease paying for them, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.
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A weight-loss drug used by thousands is unsafe for those also taking antidepressants, health watchdogs warn.
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The death of Dr. Wayne S. Fenton raises the question of whether psychotic patients should be forced to take medication.
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Since the F.D.A. has issued a strong warning about adolescent use of antidepressants, will the inevitable decrease in prescriptions ultimately lead to more teenage suicides?
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I am often     warned that my time here at Kuro5hin exacerbates my symptoms of mental illness.   But in one very important way Kuro5hin serves as a medical device that enables me   to enjoy a certain very important component of sanity that would otherwise be   largely unavailable to me.    It enables me, for a time, to live free of a devasting symptom that was notably   absent from my list of symptoms that I published in three years ago in     Living with Schizoaffective Disorder because I was at the time so completely   in its grip as to be unaware even of its existence.  While I had by then undergone   over a decade of psychotherapy, I had not yet gained the insight necessary to   recognize this symptom, let alone do anything about it.    As I will explain, it is also one of the most difficult symptoms for mental   health practitioners to treat.  While some claim that some newer medications can help,   that's not my own experience.  I have found that talk therapy helps, but only very slowly,  over a period of years.
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NEW YORK  - Older adults with complex medication regimens may make potentially harmful mistakes in taking their drugs as prescribed, a new study shows.
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Side effects are causing women to stop taking pills that can help keep breast cancer from returning, and women who stop taking the pills risk early death, according to several reports released on Thursday.
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What comes after drugs, depression and a suicide attempt? In her case, Yale.
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Drug regulators should warn physicians and patients that antidepressants not only cause some children to become suicidal but most also fail to cure their depression.
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NEW YORK  - People with heart disease who don't take their medications as prescribed risk suffering a heart attack or other heart-related event, a new study shows.
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A Minnesota psychiatrist who received more than $350,000 in speaking and consulting fees from pharmaceutical companies will quit a panel that advises the state on drugs for low-income Medicaid patients.
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NEW YORK  - A significant percentage of patients stop taking medications prescribed after a heart attack, despite the fact that these drugs increase their chances of survival, investigators report. They call for a better system for patient follow-up to prevent unnecessary deaths related to non-usage of these drugs.
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Anti-depressants are frequency over-prescribed and should not be given as the first treatment for patients with mild depression, experts said today.
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ORLANDO, Fla. -- With the arthritis drug Vioxx forced off pharmacy shelves due to potentially deadly side effects, FDA insiders are warning about other dangerous prescription drugs.
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The number of children taking antidepressants has dropped dramatically since the Food and Drug Administration cautioned that the drugs can provoke suicidal behavior, according to a study.