Everyday Health, September 22, 2022, Nuna Alberts, LCSW Medically Reviewed by Allison Young, MD Making matters more confusing, a medication you’re taking could also be to blame. A University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy study, published in 2018 in JAMA, estimated that 37.2 percent of U.S. adults may be using one or more…Continue Reading Are You Simply Sad or Do You Have Major Depressive Disorder?
USC Schaeffer Center, July 27, 2022 Using multiple medications with known cardiovascular adverse effects at the same time doubled, and sometimes tripled, the risk for a heart attack, stroke or death among older adults with no prior cardiovascular disease, according to new research published in Pharmacoepidemiology & Drug Safety. “Although the cardiovascular risks of…Continue Reading Risk for Heart Attack, Stroke or Death Can Double or Triple in Older Adults Concurrently Taking Multiple Medications with Cardiovascular Side Effects
AARP, February 3, 2022 By Stacey Colino, AARP Certain fruits, veggies, snacks and drinks can be problematic when combined with some common medications It’s routine to ask your doctor or pharmacist if a new prescription drug could interact with other medications you’re taking. But have you inquired about potentially problematic foods? It turns out, a…Continue Reading 7 Foods That Don’t Mix With Prescription Drugs
The New York Times, June 26, 2018. Could common prescription medications be contributing to depression and rising suicide rates? Over one-third of Americans take at least one prescription drug that lists depression as a potential side effect, a new study reports, and users of such drugs have higher rates of depression than those who don’t…Continue Reading Common Drugs May Be Contributing to Depression
LA Times, June 12, 2018. The incidence of depression has been rising in the U.S. for more than a decade. So has Americans’ reliance on prescription medications that list depression as a possible side effect. The researchers, led by Dr. Dima Mazen Qato of the College of Pharmacy at the University of Illinois at Chicago,…Continue Reading Are prescription medications making Americans depressed?
The Washington Post, June 12, 2018. More than a third of American adults are taking prescription drugs, including hormones for contraception, blood pressure medications and medicines for heartburn, that carry a potential risk of depression, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Dima Qato, an assistant professor at the…Continue Reading More than a third of American adults take prescription drugs linked to depression, study says
Reuters, June 2018. (Reuters Health) – More than one-third of American adults take medications that have the potential to cause depression, a U.S. study suggests. As of 2015, about 38 percent of adults took one medicine with depression as a known side effect, up from about 35 percent a decade earlier, researchers report in JAMA….Continue Reading Many U.S. adults take medicines that can cause depression