Pill of promise

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Wyeth is launching a new depression treatment which it claims offers much better speed of action, efficacy and safety than other anti-depressant drugs. It is said to be as effective as the old tricyclic anti-depressants but with none of the unpleasant side effects. Its launch comes at a time when the great excitement which surrounded fluoxetine comes venlafaxine (Efexor) is beginning to fade.

Product information, Drug therapy, Depression, Mental, Depression (Mood disorder), Wyeth Co.

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A healthy decision

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Cynthia Atwell is a member of the Royal College of Nursing and is the first occupational health adviser appointed by the U.K.'s Health and Safety Commission. Her two-year appointment is aimed at ensuring that the commission has access to a wide range of health and safety experts. She has been appointed to represent the interests of employees.

Nurses, Appointments, resignations and dismissals, United Kingdom. Health and Safety Commission, Atwell, Cynthia

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The bitterest pill: when newspaper say people are dying because of ecstasy, users know they are exaggerating. Will they believe the much more compelling evidence of long-term effects on mental health

Article Abstract:

There is increasing evidence that MDMA or ecstasy is having long term effects on mental health. There is a call for young people to be given the facts about damage caused by ecstasy, and more support for people when they do come forward for help. There are suspicisions that MDMA damages the cells that release the neurotransmitter serotinin.

Usage, Prevention, Drug abuse, Ecstasy (Drug)

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