Show 1075: Are Drugs for Mental Illness Safe and Effective?

The People's Pharmacy

Joe and Terry Graedon

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Kids & Family, Alternative Health

4.5 • 934 Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2017

⏱️ 58 minutes

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The FDA is charged with making sure that prescription drugs are both safe and effective. But questions have been raised about antidepressants and other drugs for mental illness. Exactly how effective are these medications to treat psychiatric conditions? Are they safe? How Well Do Antidepressants Work? Dr. Peter Gøtzsche, a founder of the nonprofit Cochrane […]

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Joe Graydon.
0:02.4	I'm Terry Graydon.
0:03.9	Welcome to this podcast of the People's Pharmacy, where we bring you the stories behind the health headlines.
0:10.3	This podcast is brought to you by Redux Industries, makers of utterly smooth body cream.
0:16.1	800-345-7339 on the web at utter cream.com.
0:31.5	Antidepressants are among the most commonly prescribed medications.
0:35.2	How well do they work?
0:37.0	What about side effects? This is the
0:39.4	People's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Graydon.
0:50.0	Drugs for treating depression are controversial. Clinical trials have produced conflicting results.
0:56.2	Some show benefit, but many show little, if any, advantage over placebo.
1:00.7	What are the pros and cons of this popular class of medications?
1:04.7	Patients aren't always warned that stopping some antidepressants may be difficult.
1:09.4	Withdrawal symptoms of dizziness or sensations of electric shock can complicate life for weeks.
1:15.2	Are there effective non-drug approaches for psychological distress?
1:19.5	Coming up on the People's Pharmacy, learn about the benefits and harms of psychiatric drugs.
1:25.8	First, this news.
1:30.2	In the People's pharmacy health headlines, why do some people develop celiac disease
1:36.6	while others with similar genetic makeup do not?
1:40.7	Researchers writing in the journal Science proposed that the explanation may lie in an infection.
1:46.8	In celiac disease, eating foods containing the protein gluten triggers an immune reaction
1:52.1	that damages the intestinal lining. Gluten is found in wheat, barley, and rye. The only
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