Questions tagged [antidepressants]
A type of psychoactive medication that elevates mood in depressed individuals.
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Why are antidepressants considered the most successful therapy of fibromyalgia?
Fibromyalgia is classed as a disorder of pain processing due to abnormalities in how pain signals are processed in the central nervous system. 1
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Can taking escitalopram produce a false-positive result in a urinary metanephrine/normetanephrine test?
I'm wondering whether taking escitalopram (5 mg/day) might spoil the results of a 24-hour urinary metanephrine/normetanephrine analysis.
I googled and found this mention of escitalopram in ...
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Any drug interactions between Ginkgo Biloba and psychotropics?
What are the interactions, if any, and their effects to mood/health/wellness, between Ginkgo Biloba and psychotropics?
I'm interested in answers covering at least these drug types:
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Is there a difference between anti-anxiety and anti-depression drugs?
I've recently come across two terms "Anxiolytic drugs" and "Anti-depressant drugs". I wanted to know how they differ from each other; if they do.
I mean, sure, "anxiety" isn't the same as "depression"...
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Peripheral excitability effects of Mirtazapin
Is there any reason/mechanism according to which only two dosages (on two consecutive days) of Mirtazapin 30mg might lead a patient to feel an increase in their peripheral neurological sensitivity, ...
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