Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Patient's Genes May Guide Antidepressant Use



WSTM - Some 30 percent to 40 percent of patients fail their first drug treatment for major depression. Experts say that, right now, it's not possible to predict with any degree of accuracy which drug will work best for each patient. Clinicians are pinning
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Duloxetine Has Less Effect on Male Sexual Function Than Escitalopram
Medscape News - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) May 24 - Among men with major depression, treatment with duloxetine (Cymbalta) is associated with less worsening of sexual function than is escitalopram (Lexapro), investigators reported this week at the American Psychiatric
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Science critics make issue of financial ties
San Jose Mercury News - Corcept Therapeutics in Menlo Park, a publicly traded company that hopes to turn mifepristone into an approved treatment worked out a theory to explain the underlying cause of what they believed to be a distinct disease, ``psychotic major depression
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Premenstrual syndrome
HealthCentral.com - in women between their late 20s and early 40s, those with at least one child, those with a family history of a major depression The information provided herein should not be used during any medical emergency or for the diagnosis or treatment of any
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