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Antidepressant basics

  • Post author:Ken Gillman
  • Post category:Antidepressants
  • Post published:4 February 2017
  • Post last modified:4 March 2023

Depressive illness responsive to drugs cannot be reliably distinguished from other depressive states except by its response to anti-depressant drugs. There are no diagnostic tests.Many anti-depressant drugs that have been…

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Medico-legal opinions: Info for legal professionals

  • Post author:Ken Gillman
  • Post category:Other
  • Post published:14 January 2017
  • Post last modified:18 June 2022

Dr Ken Gillman: Medical Expert SummaryClinical Neuro-pharmacology: Drug Interactions, Side Effects, Toxicity This is an introductory note to inform you of my expertise and how I may be able to…

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Vortioxetine: Multimodal or Multi-muddle

  • Post author:Ken Gillman
  • Post category:Antidepressants
  • Post published:28 September 2016
  • Post last modified:18 June 2022

In brief This seems to be the latest in a persistently limp and desperate series of ‘new’ anti-depressants with ‘faster-better’ AD action. Evidence for any usefully novel action or efficacy…

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MAOIs and releasers, including amphetamines

  • Post author:Ken Gillman
  • Post category:Antidepressants
  • Post published:8 August 2016
  • Post last modified:18 June 2022

One or two recent papers about the mechanisms of action of MAOIs and amphetamine at the molecular level suggest why the combination of amphetamine (with MAOIs) is not unduly risky…

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  • Lithium in the Environment, Diet and Body Pt 1
    14 November 2011/
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  • Lithium – Patient information
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  • Lithium – Brief management protocol for doctors
    14 November 2003/
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  • Dietary Lithium: A critique of the claimed effect on depression and suicide
    23 February 2019/
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  • Lithium levels in tap-water & suicide
    12 August 2017/
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