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Prescription Drugs: The Hidden Costs to Health and the Planet

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2024,” healthcare visits, procedures, tests, and vaccinations decreased but the number of new prescriptions saw a 3% increase. Pharmaceutical spending in the U.S. It has far-reaching effects—not just for individual health but for the environment. In certain cases, pharmaceuticals can harm public health.

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Antidepressant Use Linked to Sexual Dysfunction, Why Aren’t Prescribers Discussing It?

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What’s concerning is that despite the significant impact of sexual dysfunction on patients’ quality of life, many did not discuss these issues with their healthcare providers. Stephenson and a team of researchers from various academic and pharmaceutical institutions, including the University of Virginia School of Medicine.

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Much of U.S. Healthcare Is Broken: How to Fix It (Chapter 2, Part 6)

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Healthcare is Broken: How to Fix It. I n a previous chapter I reported data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 11c that suicides for the years 2007 to 2017 increased by 30% while the teen rate (ages 10 to 24) increased by 56%! In my book on antidepressants 1 (pp.

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“There’s No Word for Depression in Zulu”: Inside South Africa’s Mental Health Crisis

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R esearch has found South Africa consistently ranks in the bottom three performing countries in terms of global mental health. Photo by tuxone The Mental State of the World Report measures the mental health of internet users only, making it limited in the South African context where close to one-third of the population isnt online.

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Deadly Prescriptions: New Study Links Antipsychotics to Life-Threatening Risks in Dementia Patients

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This database includes information on diagnoses, prescriptions, lab results, healthcare contacts, and referrals. The average age of the included service users was 82.1 Service users prescribed antipsychotics were more likely to have a history of serious mental illness, as well as prescriptions for antidepressants and benzodiazepines.

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So-Called Suicide Experts Recommend Antidepressants, Which Increase Suicides

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noted that it is a myth that mental disorders play a significant role in at least 90% of suicides. [6] 6] In most cases, there is no preexisting mental disorder. However, meta-analyses of the randomised trials have found that depression pills double not only the risk of suicide; they also double suicides, with no age limits. [11]

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Much of U.S. Healthcare Is Broken: How to Fix It (Chapter 2, Part 1)

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Healthcare is Broken: How to Fix It. These drugs have often become the sole treatment for a variety of behavioral health disorders including clinical depression, anxiety disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder, and other approved and off-label uses of these drugs. Are they as effective and safe as psychiatry claims?