News tagged with 'Prozac'

The FAA is encouraging airline pilots on antidepression medication to come forward instead of keeping their drug use a secret. They will be given a special medical certificate to fly as long as they are not experiencing side effects.

St. John's wort shows some phototoxicity to the eyes, which may not show up for years in the form of cataracts and macular degeneration among users taking it for depression. But under law, the industry largely regulates itself and federal regulations take over only after the consumer is harmed. The uninformed user is left vulnerable.

A warning for those who use St. John's wort as a natural alternative to prescription drugs. "Nature's Prozac" also can be phototoxic to the eye lens creating cataracts, a reaction that's only been seen in the lab until now.

Hypericin, the active compound in the herb, St. John's wort, works to keep depression at bay but also has been shown in the lab to be phototoxic to the human ocular lens. Now for the first time, a correlation has been seen in the human population between the popular herb and cataracts.

SSRI antidepressants such as Prozac, Zoloft and Celexa, had a potential to harm the heart of a developing fetus when taken early in the pregnancy, says this Danish study. 13 percent of women in the U.S. are reportedly taking antidepressants while pregnant.

In one of the largest imaging studies on whether depression runs in families - researchers find that a thinning in the right hemisphere of the brain appeared to be linked to a risk of depression.

Symbyax will be used for patients who have bipolar depression that is resistant to treatment. It also helps Lilly get around the patent expiration for Prozac.

The producer of the science radio program, "The Infinite Mind," says he had no idea his host had a consulting arrangement with the pharmaceutical industry he occasionally reported on. That is a violation of his contract, which the producer has posted for everyone to see.

NPR is distancing itself from the independent program, "The Infinite Mind," which it provided to the Sirius Satellite Network, after its host was found to have a lucrative relationship with the pharmaceutical industry.

Antidepression medication and a high level of depression, resulted in the most impaired drivers, this study finds, while a low dose of medication taken by depressed drivers did not have the same result. Whether its the medication or the driver that causes poor driving remains unknown.

The Food and Drug Administration has approved new uses for the antidepressant Prozac (fluoxetine) to treat children and adolescents seven to 17 years of age for depression (major depressive disorder) and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). This is the first approval of one of the newer types of antidepressants (select

A Pennsylvania family has settled a two-year-old negligence lawsuit with pharmaceutical maker Eli Lilly and Co., the maker of the antidepressant medication Prozac. In their suit, Diane and Melvin Cassidy of Monroeville alleged Prozac caused suicidal thoughts and led Diane Cassidy to slit her wrists and overdose on a p

The maker of the antidepressant Prozac recently settled a nine-year-old lawsuit that alleged the medication contributed to an Illinois man's suicide. Businessman Charles Berman was taking the drug shortly before he leapt to his death from a Chicago high rise in 1991. Berman's wife and children filed suit against Eli