Unrecognised Side Effects of Schizophrenia Treatment May Be Leading...

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...

Primer for prescription medicines: the medicines for side effects--part...

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...

Removing Roadblocks to Full Recovery; A Psychiatrist Argues for Treating...

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...

Is Your Doctor in Denial?; Survey Finds Physicians Often Dismiss...

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...

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...

Side effects of methylphenidate. (Tips from Other Journals)

American Family Physician;  January 1, 1991 ;     342 words ...Side Effects of Methylphenidate Methylphenidate...of methylphenidate to study whether side effects often attributed to methylphenidate...questionnaire listed the 17 most common side effects of methylphenidate, and their occurrence...

New Report Highlights Aromatase Inhibitor Side Effects ; Intolerable Side...

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...

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...

Primer for prescription medications: the medicines for side effects--part...

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...

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...

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...

LANDMARK GALLUP SURVEY DOCUMENTS QUIET REVOLUTION; CHEMOTHERAPY PATIENTS...

PR Newswire;  September 13, 1995 ;     700+ words ......impacts of the potentially life-threatening side effects of these powerful anti-cancer drugs. Reflecting...regimen tolerable -- but with minimized side effects. In addition to wanting to avoid side effects, most patients whose unwanted adverse...

Compliance and side effects

Pharmaceutical Executive;  May 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......for many reasons-cost, low motivation, ineffective therapy-but the most important by far is side effects. Actual side effects, perceived side effects, fear of side effects: these are the main reasons that people avoid or quit treatment. Patients...

GPs `failing to report drug side-effects'

The Independent - London;  April 15, 2001 ;     604 words ......are failing to report the dangerous side effects of new drugs. A study which criticises...used by doctors to detail serious side effects - calls for patients to be allowed to...reputation, such as Prozac, can cause side effects as damaging as the illness they are...

Good drugs can have side effects

Chicago Sun-Times;  March 12, 1989 ;     700+ words ......example of how good drugs can have serious side effects. These cases of violent crimes, committed...be weighed against the risks of its side effects injuring the people for whom it has...the test slept well, with few major side effects. What we fail to do in evaluating the...