Psychopharmacology Library

• John O’Reardon on Antidepressant Augmentation
  TCR: Dr. O'Reardon, you had mentioned at the end of our last interview (see TCR, Vol. 1, No. 1) some of the augmentation ...
• Jefferson Prince, M.D. on the Treatment of ADHD
  TCR: Dr. Prince, you have done innumerable evaluations of children and adults with ADHD. These days, psychiatrists in the community ...
• Sleeping Pills: An Update
  While sleeping pills have been around for a long time, the modern age of hypnotics began December 16, 1992, when the FDA approved Ambien ...
• Mark H. Pollack, M.D. on the Treatment of Panic Disorder
  TCR: Dr. Pollack, as the head of the Anxiety Disorders Program at Mass General, you’ve had the opportunity to evaluate ...
• Using Psychiatric Meds for Pain
  Where does it hurt? These are the “four little words” that Eli Lilly (in ubiquitous ads) is encouraging us to ask our depressed ...
• Victoria Hendrick, M.D. on Medications in Pregnancy
  TCR: Dr. Hendrick, there has been a lot of confusing and seemingly contradictory data about the safety of SSRIs during pregnancy. ...
• Psychostimulants: Bringing Order out of Chaos
  There are now no fewer than 14 FDA-approved psychostimulants… and counting. This does not include the many generics, the new non-stimulant Straterra ...
• Straterra: A Safer Desipramine?
  The Eli Lilly reps are almost delerious about their new ADHD “miracle drug”, Straterra (atomoxetine). This is not surprising. No pharmaceutical firm has survived ...
• St. John’s Wort: Wilting in America
  America has not been kind to St. John’s Wort. In Europe, this flowering bush that blooms around June 24 (St. John’s Day), ...
• Ronald Pies, M.D. On SSRI Side Effects
  TCR: Dr. Pies, as an expert psychopharmacologist you’ve seen a lot of patients experiencing both therapeutic effects ...