Posts Tagged ‘medication’
By Griffen Sparks On April 22nd, 2013
A major obstacle in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease specifically, but also likely in many other diseases and disorders, is patient’s discontinuing prescribed medication. As Daniel Keller, of Medscape, reports, the key to individuals adhering to their prescriptions may be a better effort to educate about them. The findings of a recent study were that…
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By Griffen Sparks On January 29th, 2013
The major side effect commonly associated with antipsychotics, antidepressants and mood stabilizers is weight gain. While you may think that a cosmetic change is a small price to pay for the help with depression and other disorders, the weight gain can cause “psychotropic medication nonadherence” or, more simply patients are likely to stop taking the…
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By Griffen Sparks On November 28th, 2012
For mental health professionals, prescribing drugs is an extremely difficult decision. This is simply because there is still much ambiguity about what medications, or combination of medications, will work since each patient seems to react differently. Unlike other chronic diseases, mental illness patients cannot receive a one-size fits all treatment. Take chronic depression, for example.…
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