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A 2026 case report describes a 69-year-old woman with anxiety and depression who became confused, slowed and severely restless on pembrolizumab plus lenvatinib and sedating psychiatric drugs…
Read articleIn a Finnish registry study, recent prescriptions for 6 medicine groups were linked to higher odds of fatal poisoning in bipolar disorder. Lithium was not.
Read articleNearly 1 in 5 people with COPD in Lithuania had a recorded diagnosis of anxiety or depression, according to a nationwide study of 64,246 patients. Anxiety was far more common than depression…
Read articleA 2026 clinical-lab study tested a 77-drug liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry serum screen in 1,021 patients and found that benzodiazepines accounted for 37.9% of all detections,…
Read articleIceland is a registry-rich country with a small enough population that genuinely nationwide health data is feasible — not the survey-based approximations that anchor most psychiatric epidemi…
Read articleValium (Diazepam) is a popular benzodiazepine medication prescribed for an array of conditions including: acute anxiety, alcohol withdrawal, insomnia, panic attacks, restless leg syndrome, a…
Read articleIf you’re taking a psychiatric drug, you probably hope that you’re taking the one with the lowest overall risk. Sure you want the drug to be therapeutic and alleviate your symptoms, but you …
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