Jake is finally off Zyprexa. He went from 15mg. last summer, down in 2 1/2mg increments every few weeks, until he finally had the last of it a week or so ago. Now he is having a pretty rough time with anxiety, as has always been the case after each drop. It lasted perhaps 2-3 [...]
“Olanzapine Versus Divalproex in the Treatment of Acute Mania” is a research article that was published in the June, 2002 issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry (Tohen et al., 2002). Both olanzapine and divalproex are medications that are commonly prescribed to treat bipolar disorder, which was formerly known as manic depression. These two drugs [...]
The iconic Norman Rockwell painting of a family doctor checking the heart of a young patient’s doll may seem quaint, but it’s far from old-fashioned. On the contrary, personalized medicine is bringing the family doctor back … and the family nurse, and the family pharmacist, and a whole team of family health care providers. Only [...]
It is widely known that genes play a complex role in every living being in our world. More technology, the human genome project, and increased public interest in the subject of how genes affect our bodies and our lives have led to leaps and bounds in the amount of understanding that we have about the [...]
Scientists at Rockefeller University have shown that anti-inflammatory drugs, which include ibuprofen, aspirin and naproxen, reduce the effectiveness of the most widely used class of antidepressant medications, the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, often prescribed for depression and obsessive-compulsive and anxiety disorders. The discovery, published online this week in the Proceedings of the National [...]
Alzheimer’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that affects more than 5.3 million families in the United States each year and unleashes a path of emotional and financial heartache for patients and their families.
