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Do Your Psychiatric Drugs Keep You Up at Night?

While no one wants to experience a poor night of sleep, it’s important to recognize whether the sleep problem you are having is a result of a side effect of a drug (or drugs) you…

Jan 6, 2021

8 Foods that Fight Insomnia

✅ This article was reviewed by Alison Acerra, MS, RDN, member of our MedShadow Medical Advisory Board. Has COVID-19 affected your nights as well as your days?

Oct 22, 2020

Pros and Cons: Prednisone

If you visit the doctor from time to time for anything other than a routine checkup, it’s likely that at some point you’ve received a prescription for a type of drug called corticosteroids.

Jul 29, 2020

Effective Treatments for Fibromyalgia Sufferers

From the outside, a person with fibromyalgia looks perfectly normal. But on the inside, it can feel like the pain volume dial has been cranked up to high and can’t be turned down.

Dec 11, 2019

Coping with the Side Effects of Antidepressants

Headaches, nausea, feeling on edge, being exhausted and a low sex drive. The irony of antidepressants is that in some cases, side effects can cause symptoms similar to the depression they are supposed to treat.

Oct 28, 2019

What Are the Side Effects of Abilify?

Abilify (aripiprazole) was developed to treat schizophrenia — but only 1% of Americans have schizophrenia. A few years later it was approved for use in bipolar disorders, which about 1.5% of all Americans have.

Oct 7, 2019

Anxiety Meds: Options, Side Effects & Alternatives

In 2006, as she was preparing for her wedding, panic attacks began to take over Kara Baskin’s life. “I worried constantly that I was on the edge of bankruptcy, or dying of cancer, or that…

Sep 18, 2019

5 Non-Pharmacological Treatments for Depression

An estimated 17% of Americans will experience depression at some point in their lives. Antidepressant medications such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), the most commonly used drugs for depression, are usually the first-line treatment,…

Jan 14, 2019

Drugs With Highest Risk for Dehydration or Heat-Related Illness

People who start certain drugs, such as blood thinners (anticoagulants), cardiovascular medicines, over-the-counter pain killers (NSAIDs/non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs), antipsychotics, antidepressants and anticholinergic agents (used to treat asthma, incontinence) face a higher risk of heat-related illnesses…

Jul 6, 2016
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