Tuesday, March 29, 2011

About Bipolar Disorder: Some Citalopram Recalled

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From Marcia Purse, your Guide to Bipolar Disorder

Is Your Citalopram Something Else?
Drug manufacturer Pfizer Inc.'s Greenstone unit has issued a recall on two of its generic drugs, the antidepressant citalopram, and the prostate drug finasteride (also used for male pattern baldness), because of a labeling snafu. Bottles labeled citalopram may contain finasteride and vice versa.
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The Doctor Who Went Off His Meds
Dr. Scott David Weinberg, who has bipolar disorder, was an optometrist with a fine reputation, by all accounts. But now he's been sent to prison for four years because he set fires - one doing $280,000 damage to a business - in 2009.

More Evidence That Scopolamine Reduces Depression
In a follow-up to promising results from an earlier study, doctors have again found that intravenous (IV) scopolamine administration produces rapid and robust antidepressant effects for people in the throes of major depression.

10 Medication Safety Tips
Tip #7 would help you if you ran into a problem with mislabeled drugs like the one that has happened with citalopram. Time to review these safety tips again!
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