Antidepressants are one of the most commonly taken medicines in the UK – and also among the most controversial. A common concern for users is that they will get “hooked” on the pills because stopping ...

A new review of studies on antidepressant discontinuation suggests that withdrawal is rarely severe — but experts say the picture is more complex. A new review of existing studies suggests that most ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new review of antidepressant withdrawal effects – written by academics, many of whom have close ties to drug manufacturers – ...

People who have been taking antidepressants for more than two years are substantially more likely to experience withdrawal symptoms compared to short-term users when they come off the medication, ...

A new review of antidepressant withdrawal effects—written by academics, many of whom have close ties to drug manufacturers—risks underestimating the potential harms to long-term antidepressant users ...

A new review of antidepressant withdrawal effects – written by academics, many of whom have close ties to drug manufacturers – risks underestimating the potential harms to long-term antidepressant ...

A recent Lancet Psychiatry study revealed that around 15% or one in six patients who discontinue using antidepressants experience withdrawal symptoms. Antidepressants like desvenlafaxine, venlafaxine, ...

Antidepressant withdrawal symptoms may be less common than we thought, at least for short-term use – but questions remain about what happens to people who stop taking the drugs after much longer ...

“Today, the existence of symptoms emerging after antidepressant discontinuation or dose-reduction is no longer questioned,” write Jonathan Henssler and colleagues at Cologne, Berlin, Freiburg, and ...

Discontinuing medications can be associated with withdrawal symptoms. This is true when stopping antidepressants. What are these symptoms and how common are they? These questions are addressed in a ...

People who have been taking antidepressants for more than two years are substantially more likely to experience withdrawal symptoms compared to short-term users when they come off the medication, ...