New research has revealed the five most dangerous drugs that cause the highest rate of fatalities in the UK, with cocaine taking the top spot. Cocaine is revealed to be the UK’s most dangerous drug Antidepressants and benzodiazepine follow in second and third, respectively ONS data was analysed to determine the ranking UK residential rehab […]
New research has revealed the five drugs that cause the highest rate of fatalities in the UK, with cocaine taking the top spot. UK residential rehab provider Abbeycare Foundation analysed ONS data to discover the number of deaths from drug poisoning per 1,000,000 people in 2021. Cocaine places first for the highest amount of drug […]
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University of Queensland researchers have found a range of commonly prescribed antidepressants can increase bacteria’s resistance to antibiotic medications. A study led by Professor Jianhua Guo from UQ’s Australian Centre for Water and Environmental Biotechnology focused on prescription drugs used to treat depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, and other psychological conditions. More than 42 million prescriptions […]
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Antidepressant withdrawal or relapse? Doctors can’t really tell: Doctors need more evidence to help patients stop taking antidepressants safely and effectively, a collaborative study with The University of Queensland has found. UQ Emeritus Professor of General Practice Mieke van Driel said long-term antidepressant use was on the rise because people took antidepressants for much longer than recommended by guidelines. […]
Discontinuing antidepressants requires careful planning: The decision to stop prescribing long-term anti-depressants should be made only after careful preparation by GPs and their patients, University of Queensland research has found. The qualitative study was based on interviews with 22 GPs working in urban and regional areas, who said there was no standardised approach. Associate Professor […]
Antidepressant prescribing rates have increased year on year over the past 25 years with now more than 60 million prescriptions for the medication being issued in England per year. Patients are being kept on these medications for longer, on average around two years, but around a third to a half of patients have no evidence-based […]
Over a period of years, between 10 and 20 per cent of patients diagnosed with major depressive disorder who are taking medication at a maintenance dose will have a relapse. This is despite the fact that they are stating that they are taking their medication as normal. The process typically happens gradually, although it may […]
For all sorts of reasons, people who have been taking medication for depression (or related conditions including anxiety and OCD) for many years may find that it seems to have stopped working. This is pretty dreadful for them, and presents a challenge for their clinicians. When I used to man a telephone helpline for an […]
Until recently, agoraphobia was defined as a fear of open spaces. It now also includes several other related fears such as a fear of entering shops, fear of crowds and public places, or of travelling alone on trains, buses or aeroplanes. It also includes the anxiety associated with being unable to reach a place of […]
Smell is a wonderful sense. It is intimately linked to our taste and our appreciation of foods and drinks. It is also an important sense for our safety, allowing us to detect gas, smoke, rotten food and other toxic chemicals. Reduced sense of smell is called hyposmia. Complete loss of smell is called anosmia. All […]
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