Certain types of antidepressants may accelerate the rate of cognitive decline seen in people with dementia. This is the warning of a team of researchers from Sweden, whose study of 18,740 patients ...

In a study of thousands of people with dementia, researchers found that treatment with antidepressants was linked to faster ...

The type of drug. Older antidepressant medications, such as tricyclic antidepressants and monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs), tend to have more side effects than SSRIs, SNRIs, and atypical ...

They want to investigate whether certain patient groups, such as people with specific dementia types or biomarkers, respond better or worse to different antidepressants. “The goal is to find ...

Over 30 million Americans take antidepressants. Researchers found four specific types with ties to cognition loss later in ...

SSRIs are a specific type of antidepressant. Antidepressants are common prescription medications that can help treat depression and other conditions, such as anxiety and obsessive-compulsive ...

A new study from King’s College London has found that most people who take selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), a ...

“What was surprising were the differences between antidepressants and the fact that the cognitive effects were different for different dementia types.” Comprehensive knowledge about the ...

The researchers now want to investigate whether certain patient groups, such as people with specific dementia types or biomarkers, respond better or worse to different antidepressants.