Article: Pill turns 50: birth-control pills are commonplace in medicine cabinets, but are they safe?(Brief Article)

Article: Unrecognised Side Effects of Schizophrenia Treatment May Be Leading Patients to Discontinue Medication.
PR Newswire;  October 5, 1998 ;     657 words ......antipsychotic medication because of the side effects they experience. The study also suggests...professionals do not routinely ask about side effects and underestimate the proportion of...there are patients suffering treatment side effects which are not recognised and addressed...

Article: Increased Risk of Heart Disease Linked to Birth-Control Pills
The Washington Post;  November 15, 1990 ;     524 words ......of Health here, found that some older kinds of birth-control pills with high levels of a synthetic hormone called...lowering the level of progestin minimizes metabolic side effects." For women who take the pill, he said, the research...between patients and clinicians" when weighing ...

Article: Primer for prescription medicines: the medicines for side effects--part one.(RX Primer)
Annals of the American Psychotherapy Association;  September 22, 2004 ;     700+ words ......like all medicines--can potentially produce side effects. Most side effects are mild, but some can be serious, even life threatening. Most physicians define medication side effects as undesirable experiences or conditions produced...

Article: Removing Roadblocks to Full Recovery; A Psychiatrist Argues for Treating the Side Effects of Today's Antidepressant Medications
The Washington Post;  February 29, 2000 ;     700+ words ......effects of depression with negligible side effects. Unfortunately like many "wonder drugs...suicidal despair. But their record on side effects has not been so good. For some patients...full recovery in the form of serious side effects--including physical and mental lethargy...

Article: Is Your Doctor in Denial?; Survey Finds Physicians Often Dismiss Complaints About Drugs' Side Effects
The Washington Post;  August 28, 2007 ;     700+ words ......dismissed patients' concerns about such side effects. The study suggests this pattern of...recognize a patient's symptoms as drug side effects, more than that patient's care is put...San Diego had been investigating the side effects of statins when they noticed the problem...

Article: Rx for doctors: inform consumers about side effects.
Newsletter-People's Medical Society;  August 1, 1995 ;     363 words ......to warn consumers about the potential side effects of newly prescribed drugs because they...unnaturally increase the incidence of those side effects. In fact, studies indicate that only...four routinely discusses the potential side effects of newly prescribed drugs with their...

Article: New Report Highlights Aromatase Inhibitor Side Effects ; Intolerable Side Effects Primary Reason Women Discontinue Use of Aromatase Inhibitors
U.S. Newswire;  December 18, 2006 ;     412 words ......Cancer Symposium (Abstract #3131), on the side effects of aromatase inhibitors (AIs). The report, "Side Effects Revealed: Women's Experiences with Aromatase...responses to an online survey of the drugs' side effects. (The report is online at http:// www...

Article: PATIENTS SHOULD KNOW SIDE EFFECTS OF DRUGS
The Washington Post;  January 10, 1995 ;     308 words ......warn patients about potential side effects of drugs is fear of the power...Telling patients about possible side effects, it is supposed, may lead to an increased incidence of those very side effects. False alarm, reports a new study...

Article: Gene variations alter antidepressant side effects.
Mental Health Weekly Digest;  October 20, 2003 ;     700+ words ......explain why some people experience side effects to common antidepressants while...no role in the development of side effects nor in how well the drugs worked. The findings may lead to fewer side effects for patients undergoing antidepressant...

Article: Researchers finds gene variations that alter antidepressant side effects.
Health & Medicine Week;  October 27, 2003 ;     700+ words ......explain why some people experience side effects to common antidepressants while...no role in the development of side effects nor in how well the drugs worked. The findings may lead to fewer side effects for patients undergoing antidepressant...

Article: Primer for prescription medications: the medicines for side effects--part two.(RX Primer)
Annals of the American Psychotherapy Association;  December 22, 2004 ;     700+ words ......medications that can be used to treat side effects. Most of that article dealt with the so-called extrapyramidal side effects, or EPS, which are caused by traditional...this article we will look at other side effects for which adding another medicine...

Article: Patients anticipate high number of side effects to cancer treatment.
Cancer Weekly;  July 27, 2004 ;     473 words ......or radiation expect a high number of side effects, and that age, gender, educational background...type of cancer all influence how many side effects a patient expects. The authors of the...interscience.wiley.com/cancer-newsroom). Side effects from chemotherapy or radiation therapy...

Article: CHAPTER 8: Management of Treatment Side Effects
Formulary;  November 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...STRATEGIES FOR MANAGEMENT OF SIDE EFFECTS Effective management of the side effects of treatments for MS and its symptoms is essential...Strategies for helping patients cope with these side effects include1: * Educating patients about treatment...

Article: Study looks at cause of side effects
Herald News, The (Joliet, IL);  October 10, 2003 ;     573 words ......may explain why some people experience side effects to common antidepressants. "Antidepressants...been why some people get debilitating side effects and others don't," said Dr. Greer Murphy...United States, were age 65 and older. Side effects are of particular concern in this age...