Antidepressants and Dementia Risk: Reassuring Data
Antidepressants are not associated with an increased risk for cognitive decline and dementia in adults without cognitive impairment, new research showed.
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Antidepressants are not associated with an increased risk for cognitive decline and dementia in adults without cognitive impairment, new research showed.
Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy is linked to a decline in executive and neuromuscular function, new findings that may compromise mobility and increase fall risk.
A large trial of low-dose amitriptyline resulted in nearly twice as many people reporting symptom relief for IBS as placebo, with researchers suggesting that GPs should be offer the drug more often.
Although the findings are suggestive, they don’t definitively pin blame on tricyclic antidepressants alone in directly leading to fractures.
Patients taking an SSRI antidepressant with lecanemab may need additional monitoring due to the potential for increased bleeding risk with concomitant use, researchers say.