http://celexa.blogdrive.com/ Celexa Sun, 03 Oct 2004 23:35:09 PDT http://www.blogdrive.com Copyright 2004. Illnesses Biology http://celexa.blogdrive.com/archive/23.html Mon, 04 Oct 2004 07:34:47 GMT A panel of experts has voted 15 to 8 in favour of the Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) adding black box warnings to certain medications used to treat depression in children and teenagers. Black box warnings were created to alert and inform health professionals of potentially severe, life-threatening adverse events associated with a particular medication. The panel recommended that antidepressant medications such as Prozac and Paxil need stronger warnings highlighting the risk of suicidal behaviour in children. Two or three out of every 100 young people treated with antidepressants... (more) http://celexa.blogdrive.com/comments?id=23 http://celexa.blogdrive.com/archive/22.html Mon, 27 Sep 2004 10:43:33 GMT Bentley Pharmaceuticals Receives Approval to Market Branded and Generic Versions of Citalopram in Spain Source: PRNewswire-FirstCall EXETER, N.H., Sept. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bentley Pharmaceuticals, Inc. , a technology-based specialty pharmaceutical and drug delivery company with a growing branded and generic product line in Europe, announced today that three of its Spanish subsidiaries (Laboratorios Belmac, Davur and Rimafar) have received approval to market 10mg, 20mg and 40mg branded and generic versions of citalopram in Spain. Citalopram belongs to a class of selective... (more) http://celexa.blogdrive.com/comments?id=22 http://celexa.blogdrive.com/archive/21.html Fri, 17 Sep 2004 13:38:59 GMT D.C. Short on Drugs for Mentally Ill Increased Demand, Rising Costs Hurt Free Program for Poor Residents By Lena H. Sun Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, August 10, 2003; Page C01 Cassandra Thomas was agitated when she arrived at the pharmacy in Northeast Washington a few weeks ago. The 36-year-old woman, diagnosed with schizophrenia, needed a prescription drug to ward off psychotic episodes. Thomas had no money, no insurance and no home. She had taken her last pill the night before. "If I can't get my medicine, I'm gonna be seeing demons, and I'm gonna attack you," she said in rapid... (more) http://celexa.blogdrive.com/comments?id=21 http://celexa.blogdrive.com/archive/20.html Thu, 09 Sep 2004 12:56:08 GMT Drug firms flout law by failing to report test data, FDA says WASHINGTON — The pharmaceutical industry has repeatedly violated federal law by failing to disclose the existence of large numbers of its clinical trials to a government database, according to the Food and Drug Administration. Doctors and patients say that compliance with the law would go a long way toward addressing their growing concerns that they are not being given the full picture about the effectiveness of many drugs because they are not told about drug trials that fail. The issue has gained urgency with recent disclosures... (more) http://celexa.blogdrive.com/comments?id=20 http://celexa.blogdrive.com/archive/19.html Tue, 31 Aug 2004 07:39:37 GMT Anti-depressant brings succour to shopping addicts Washington | July 06, 2004 5:10:46 PM IST Shopping which is a pleasurable exercise for many can also become compulsive and addictive just like gambling. However, now Stanford University researchers have come up with an anti-depressant that reportedly can help patients overcome this obsession. "People's lives have been ruined. Their marriages have ended. They've had to declare bankruptcy," Stanford University Psychiatrist Dr.Elias Aboujaoude, was quoted by the Health Scout as saying. Dr. Aboujaoude tested the anti-depressant Celexa, which... (more) http://celexa.blogdrive.com/comments?id=19 http://celexa.blogdrive.com/archive/18.html Tue, 24 Aug 2004 10:23:53 GMT (Palo Alto, California) July 5, 2004 - Ada Spade is a compulsive shopper, "Even when the brain was telling me, 'You don't need this. You don't need to go to the store,' the rest of my body was not cooperating." She was clinically diagnosed with an impulse control disorder, "We have over 5000 books in my house, and ... those are only three categories." Ada shopped every day, sometimes for eight hours straight, and she would spend up to $500 every week, "We tried therapy. We tried budgeting. We tried doing strictly cash. Everything we tried, it didn't last." Dr. Elias Aboujaoude, says,... (more) http://celexa.blogdrive.com/comments?id=18 http://celexa.blogdrive.com/archive/17.html Mon, 16 Aug 2004 09:50:53 GMT New Drug May Stop Shop-A-Holics SAN DIEGO -- Shopping can be fun -- and for some even a way to make them feel better -- but it can also become compulsive and addictive just like gambling. Now, one drug is putting an end to the obsession for some. Ada Spade suffered from compulsive shopping -- a clinically diagnosed impulse control disorder. "Even when the brain was telling me, 'You don't need this. You don't need to go to the store.' The rest of the body was not cooperating," Spade said. She shopped every day, some for eight hours straight and spent up to $500 every week. "We tried therapy,"... (more) http://celexa.blogdrive.com/comments?id=17 http://celexa.blogdrive.com/archive/16.html Thu, 12 Aug 2004 12:05:58 GMT Anti-depressant brings succour to shopping addicts Washington | July 06, 2004 5:10:46 PM IST Shopping which is a pleasurable exercise for many can also become compulsive and addictive just like gambling. However, now Stanford University researchers have come up with an anti-depressant that reportedly can help patients overcome this obsession. "People's lives have been ruined. Their marriages have ended. They've had to declare bankruptcy," Stanford University Psychiatrist Dr.Elias Aboujaoude, was quoted by the Health Scout as saying. Dr. Aboujaoude tested the anti-depressant Celexa, which... (more) http://celexa.blogdrive.com/comments?id=16 http://celexa.blogdrive.com/archive/15.html Mon, 02 Aug 2004 12:37:52 GMT New Drug May Stop Shop-A-Holics Drug Increases Serotonin Levels In Brain POSTED: 11:15 am PDT July 5, 2004 UPDATED: 12:23 pm PDT July 5, 2004 SAN DIEGO -- Shopping can be fun -- and for some even a way to make them feel better -- but it can also become compulsive and addictive just like gambling. Now, one drug is putting an end to the obsession for some. Ada Spade suffered from compulsive shopping -- a clinically diagnosed impulse control disorder. "Even when the brain was telling me, 'You don't need this. You don't need to go to the store.' The rest of the body was not cooperating," Spade... (more) http://celexa.blogdrive.com/comments?id=15 http://celexa.blogdrive.com/archive/14.html Wed, 28 Jul 2004 11:49:51 GMT Anti-depressant brings succour to shopping addicts Washington | July 06, 2004 5:10:46 PM IST Shopping which is a pleasurable exercise for many can also become compulsive and addictive just like gambling. However, now Stanford University researchers have come up with an anti-depressant that reportedly can help patients overcome this obsession."People's lives have been ruined. Their marriages have ended. They've had to declare bankruptcy," Stanford University Psychiatrist Dr.Elias Aboujaoude, was quoted by the Health Scout as saying.Dr. Aboujaoude tested the anti-depressant Celexa, which... (more) http://celexa.blogdrive.com/comments?id=14