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Can antidepressants increase sudden cardiac death risk? It remains a rare event and reverse causality may be partially at play.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 9, 2025 Source:Can antidepressants increase sudden cardiac death risk?
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Are antidepressants addictive? There is a difference between dependence and addiction. Experts weigh in on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s comments
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 3, 2025 Source:Are antidepressants addictive? Experts weigh in on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s comments
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Study reviews best evidenced-based practices using antidepressant medication for treatment of chronic pain.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 7, 2023 Source:Antidepressants used for chronic pain on the rise, but are they effective? Reference:Efficacy, safety, and tolerability of antidepressants for pain in adults: overview of systematic reviews
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There is no evidence from this study to suggest that antidepressants can triple the risk of people developing dementia.
Health Headlines Commentary for June 12, 2019 Source:Older people taking antidepressants could triple their risk of developing dementia: Study Reference:Exposure to Antidepressant Medication and the Risk of Incident Dementia
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Most antidepressants do not work for children and adolescents
Health Headlines Commentary for June , 2016 Source: Study: Most antidepressants don’t work for young patients Reference: Antidepressants fail, but no cause for therapeutic gloom
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Not all depression requires medication as first-line treatment
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for January 20, 2014 [display_podcast] Source: Drugging unhappiness: Canadians now among world’s biggest consumers of antidepressants
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Biased and omitted results noted in some industry-funded antidepressant studies
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for April 7, 2011 [display_podcast] Source: Study suggests bias in antidepressant, cancer research Reference: Antidepressants and Breast and Ovarian Cancer Risk: A Review of the Literature and Researchers’ Financial Associations with Industry