'There is an association as people with dementia are more likely to be depressed and therefore more likely to be on
antidepressants.'
In the year before initiation of
antidepressant therapy, the rate of hip fractures was more than twice (2.8% vs.
From 1993 to 2017, the number of deaths associated with
antidepressants was 11,169 - 1.2 deaths per day over that 25-year period.
It's hard to ignore the fact that
antidepressant use and obesity in the UK are rising alongside each other.
Second, we compared children of women who used
antidepressants during pregnancy to the children of women who had used
antidepressants before but not during pregnancy.
The children in group one had not been exposed to
antidepressants in the womb.
Many women are advised to set an alarm to "pump and dump" their breast milk to minimize their baby's exposure to
antidepressants during breastfeeding.
Antidepressant use and risk of hip fractures among community-dwelling persons with and without Alzheimer's disease.
The University of Melbourne research team also found good evidence for methylfolate, vitamin D, and SAMe as a mood enhancing therapy when taken with
antidepressants. They reported mixed results for zinc, vitamin C and tryptophan (an amino acid).
The findings raise public health concerns given the possible association between some
antidepressants and birth defects and the large number of unintended pregnancies, wrote the investigators, led by April L.
whocc.no/atc_ddd_index/), 62 medications are listed under the category of
antidepressants, of which only 13 (21.0%) were prescribed in participating Asian centres.
"In some countries, one person in 10 is now prescribed
antidepressants each year."