Confusion about the safety of taking the drugs during pregnancy has led to mental health emergencies for some expectant ...

Thomas Kingston, who was the husband of Lady Gabriella Kingston, died of a head injury at his parent's home last February. He had been on antidepressants and stopped taking the medication in the days ...

Anyone who has been prescribed medication to treat depression is familiar with the long list of potential side effects: sleepiness, loss of appetite, headaches, and so on. But in reality, physical ...

Weighing the benefits of antidepressants against the costs of their potential side effects can be tricky for the millions of Americans who take these prescription drugs. But a large new study ...

Antidepressants, medications used to treat depression, anxiety and other health conditions, can cause a wide range of physiological side effects depending on which one you take, according to a new ...

An article in today's Los Angeles Times reports some eye-popping facts about the misuse or overuse of SSRI antidepressants (the class of drugs that includes Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Effexor, Luvox, and ...

The rapid influx of new medications brought to market over the past decade has revolutionized health care by offering new treatments for many medical conditions. However, such innovations may have ...

Heat intolerance is a common side effect of many medications, including selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs). Heat intolerance, or heat sensitivity, ...

In animal studies, boosting serotonin in the cells that line the gut reduced anxious and depressive-like behaviors without causing cognitive or gastrointestinal side effects. Most of us have ...