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Doctors have long known that antidepressants come with side effects for cardiovascular and metabolic health. But a major analysis from a team of researchers in the U.K. has, for the first time, pulled ...

A new study compared the effects of 30 drugs on cholesterol, blood pressure and weight gain. By Chloe W. Shakin A new large-scale analysis found that the short-term cardiovascular and metabolic side ...

Over 80 percent of individuals who take antidepressants experience at least one side effect such as drowsiness, headaches, rashes, blurred vision, weight loss, and disorders of sexual function. Side ...

More than 1 in 10 people in the United States take an antidepressant. And the most commonly prescribed type of antidepressant are SSRIs – or selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. That's like Zoloft ...

A new Cochrane review confirmed that antidepressants, including selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and serotonin-noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs), are superior to placebo in ...

Share on Pinterest New research provides robust evidence of the wide range of antidepressant side effects. Iuliia Bondar/Getty Images A large new study found that the side effects of antidepressants ...

Researchers have discovered new connections between the gut and brain that hold promise for more targeted future treatments for depression and anxiety, and which could point scientists to ways of ...

Serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SRIs) are a class of drugs that affect the brain’s serotonin system, and doctors most commonly prescribe them as antidepressants. SRIs increase the levels of serotonin ...

The novel serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI) ammoxetine may effectively treat major depressive disorder (MDD) while avoiding some side effects common to other antidepressants, new ...