Traditional antidepressants are considered "experimental" for treating bipolar depression in that none has been proven to be more effective than a placebo (sugar pill) in bipolar I disorder.

SSRI medications have come under scrutiny as of late, despite medical experts maintaining they're safe and effective.

Antidepressants, drugs used to treat depression, are another class of medications that may help people lose weight. Bupropion, one of the drugs in the FDA-approved weight loss medicine Contrave ...

But later studies showed, and our previous Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs report on antidepressants found, that between a third and half of people who take an antidepressant don't benefit very ...

Almost one in four adults are being prescribed antidepressants, but this proliferation of pills is not only a waste of money but also prevents patients finding and addressing the real cause of ...

A recent study by researchers at Rutgers University and Columbia University has found a serious link between certain mental ...

Antidepressant medications are widely prescribed, with more than 240 million prescriptions filled in 2018 in the U.S. alone. (Ahrnsbrak, R. Et al, 2021). The FDA has approved antidepressant use ...

But it can take many psychiatric medications up to three months to ... there are often small signs to be alert to that show that antidepressants are beginning to work. If you look out for them ...

Past studies show a link between some antidepressant medications to a high risk of cardiovascular issues like SCD. A new study further confirms that antidepressant use may increase a person’s ...

While the findings suggest a possible association between long-term antidepressant use and SCD, researchers caution that the results do not imply these medications are inherently dangerous or ...