Bulimia Nervosa and Antidepressant Drugs WHAT IS BULIMIA NERVOSA? Bulimia nervosa afflicts mostly women (about 6% of adolescent girls, and 5% of college women). Most individuals with bulimia engage in compensatory activities such as vomiting, laxative abuse, strict dieting, and vigorous exercise (Alexander). PRIMARY SYMPTOMS OF BULIMIA The primary symptoms of bulimia are recurrent episodes of binge eating and compensatory measures to purge the calories. There is an excessive influence
highly addictive drug. Antidepressant drugs and behavioral therapies have been used to treat depression, but have failed to help people whom are resilient to the current treatment. The illegal party drug, ketamine, contains properties that can help alleviate depression and help people that have resilient characteristics. What worries many people to use ketamine as alternative method to help those who are not affected by the standard methods are how people currently abuse the drug. It creates a rising
Over one in twenty Americans have a depressive disorder every year. Depression is one of the most common and most serious mental health problems facing people today. However, depression is often not taken seriously because of the large use of antidepressant drugs and the large number of sufferers. Depression is a serious illness and should be taken as so. Contrary to the popular misconceptions about depression today, it is a serious and deadly disorder.1 Depression in its various forms (insomnia, fatigue
according to Gastpar and Wakelin (1998), 5-HTP is a known precursor to serotonin which has been proven in many studies. Serotonin levels are supposed to have a direct effect on a persons mood (www.medquwestpharmacy.com/5-htp.htm). In fact antidepressant drugs approved by the FDA, such as Prozac, are said to work by increasing the amount of serotonin available to the brain(www.biosyenrgy.com/5htp.htm). Effectiveness of Treatment: It is said on medquest pharmacy’s web site that when 100mg
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kids on antidepressants” (CCHR International). Depression is a medical illness that more than 19 million kids in the United States have. This has been happening over the past several years and it can be caused by the genetic, biological, environmental, or psychological factors. Depression can affect anyone’s well-being and it can happen at any age. This is because there are medical imbalances in the brain that can influence anyone’s mood and behavior. Many people believe that antidepressants help kids
deals with the strengths and weaknesses of epidemiological research considering case studies of suicide and antidepressants among young people. In one epidemiological study of suicide related events in young people following prescription of antidepressants, Wijlaars et al (2013) examined the temporal association between selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI), tricyclic antidepressant (TCA) prescriptions and suicide-related events in children and adolescents. Electronic health records were
studies, antidepressants have been shown to help improve depression in people. Antidepressants are drugs that are used in the treatment of mood disorders, such as depression, to alleviate symptoms so that people who suffer from depression may live a normal life. However, evidence has shown that antidepressants cause minimal improvement in depression, occasionally help with bipolar depression and can also cause suicide rates to increase. Therefore, I will be arguing that although antidepressants help
of appetite, constipation, changes in ... ... middle of paper ... ...epressant drugs are required to relieve symptoms. Many antidepressants work by raising levels of monoamine neurotransmitters in the synapse. TCA’s, SSRI’s and SNRI’s are equally successful in depressive patients however differ in terms of their side effects. Due to advantages in pharmacological treatment and minimum variation in antidepressant efficiency, the choice of medication available to depression patients remains a choice
Drugs in the Brain Antidepressants are a class of drug that reduces symptoms of depressive disorder by correcting chemical imbalances of neurotransmitters in the brain. Most antidepressants are believed to work by slowing the removal of certain chemicals from the brain. These chemicals are called neurotransmitters (such as serotonin and norepinephrine). Neurotransmitter is needed for normal brain function and are involved in the control of mood and in other responses and functions, such as eating
Prozac At first it was the cure all people were looking for. Then it became the drug they were afraid to take. Somewhere between these two extremes lies the truth about the drug Flouxetine, better known as Prozac, the most widely prescribed drug on the globe. It is mainly prescribed to patients suffering from clinical depression. It was first brought to the market in 1988 by the pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly co. Even though it was originally prescribed for depression, it has been prescribed
Antidepressants Antidepressants should be taken off the market. Depression is simply a condition of the mind. Events that take place in ones life can bring upon a depressive episode. With the variety of people in the world, there comes a variety of ways in which people cope with things. Some people can cope with depression, when in turn, people that are emotionally unstable, cannot. With all of the antidepressants on the market today, people are becoming dependent on these drugs that virtually
Depression is a manageable, medical condition, which is characterized by moods and feelings (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare [AIHW], 2013a). Depression can affect the quality of life that a person experiences and is believed to be connected to cognitive impairments (AIHW, 2013a). Symptoms of depression can be improved through medication and non-medication interventions and treatments (AIHW, 2013a). In Australia, depression still remain the second leading cause of disability Between the
medicines, with fluoxetine, more commonly known by its brand name Prozac, at the head of the controversy. Opponents of the use of SSRI medications as a successful and safe method for treating depression and related disorders assert that the actions of the drug are an unnatural and a dangerous form of tampering with our neurochemistry. Not only are these medications incredibly safe in almost all cases, they are actually an unnatural method of modifying an already disordered, natural sequence of chemicals
Medication/drug name The brand name is Lexapro, but is known generically as Escitalopram. Lexapro is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) (Escitalopram, 2011). Lexapro is used to treat: acute and maintenance treatment of Major Depressive Disorder and Acute Treatment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder (Forest Pharmaceuticals, 2012). Lexapro can treat adults for both MDD and GAD. Lexapro is not FDA-indicted to treat adolescent with GAD, but is approved for adolescents (aged 12-17) with MDD
psychosocial therapy and drug therapy. There is evidence that by adding CBT to drug treatment there is an increase in efficacy. Combining CBT and antidepressant treatment for binge eating does not seem to be more effective than CBT alone (Ricca et al., 2000). Significant effect on binge suppression was not found when antidepressants were added to CBT (“Part A,” 2006). This approach can he applied to Ricky’s therapy. If CBT is not working alone then would introduce drug therapy as well.
Unfortunately, the currently available antidepressants needs weeks to months to initiate its onset of action. Though, the percentage of responders during this period ranges from 30 to 60 % (Trivedi et al, 2006 ref). More recently, ketamine showed a rapid onset and sustained antidepressant activity, a turning point that can revolutionize antidepressant therapeutic strategies and outcome. This article will evaluate the efficacy of ketamine versus standard antidepressants and will highlight on ketamine potential
Summary of “Antidepressants Prevent Suicide” In 2008 Ed Edelson stated in his article “Antidepressants Prevent Suicide” that antidepressants help prevent suicidal thoughts and tendencies. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warns against the use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) in antidepressants in case of potential risk of suicidal signs (Edelson). Treating depression with antidepressants and/or therapy has shown a reduction of suicide attempts in patients. That the benefits
of serotonin should also be checked and monitored every interval of time, when using hypericum with SSRIs, tryptophan, or 5-hydroxytryphan. Symptoms of “serotonin syndrome ‘’ can be due to more uses of this particular extract, as per U.S. Food and Drug Administration, It is as a result of overcapacity of serotonin on the (CNS) central nervous system and (PNS) peripheral nervous system .Some researchers says it is also called serotonin toxicity or serotonin toxidrome which more precisely reveals
Depression and Antidepressants I am quite fascinated by generalized control mechanisms and the role they play in the nervous system. I am also quite curious about the relationship between different generalized control mechanisms. The concept of mood and depression in particular have always interested me. I have always wondered what actually causes depression. Why can some people be in a perfectly good mood one day and then less than a week later start exhibiting the signs of clinical depression