Oh, The Places You'll Go When Trying To Figure Out The Right Dose Of Escitalopram

How can drugs that have passed muster in the toughest safety tests on earth turn out to be so tragically unsafe? I have alluded to one reason already: the safety testing is based on the use of these drugs for a limited duration, not for the course of a lifetime. What appears safe in a short-term study may, over the long term, begin to show very dif

comes to their mental health. How many of them will burn out before they can achieve their dreams due to biological factors? By looking more carefully, we can see that there is an underlying cause triggering these symptoms. I firmly believe we can cure ourselves of this “disease” of elusive well-being. Especially in the United States, we are seeing

You become less susceptible to snake oil salesmen who offer wonder drugs that are entirely devoid of logic.

This may be because there is only a small effect in most people, or because the results are good but only in a few. Being a scientist, I’m bound by methods which have a solid evidence base, either from research or from wide clinical experience.

amitriptyline (Triptizol) or agomelatine (Valdoxan) (see Chapter 11). The last of these is only mildly sedative, but working in part on the melatonin system is purported to improve the circadian rhythm, effectively resetting your sleep clock. This may be a better way than pure sedation