Alert 20: 75% of Young Docs on Psych Drugs
Estimates by peers and clinicians find that three-quarters of medical students and young residents are taking psychiatric drugs, mostly antidepressants or stimulants.
Estimates by peers and clinicians find that three-quarters of medical students and young residents are taking psychiatric drugs, mostly antidepressants or stimulants.
Two new 2017 research studies confirm that antidepressants shorten lives and make them worse. Maslej et al. found that antidepressants “increased mortality risk by 33%” and increased cardiovascular events by 14%, in the general population. Our findings provide corroborative evidence that cardiovascular status moderates the health risks associated with AD […]
Stephen Paddock, the worst mass murderer in US history, was prescribed benzodiazepines in the form of fifty 10-milligram diazepam (Valium) tablets on June 21, according to records from the Nevada Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP). I have also received an unconfirmed report that he was prescribed antidepressants, which are commonly given […]