One-third of US adults may unknowingly use medications that can cause depression
June 12, 2018, University of Illinois at Chicago
A new study from University of Illinois at Chicago researchers suggests that more than one-third of U.S. adults may be using prescription medications that have the potential to cause depression or increase the risk of suicide, and that because these medications are common and often have nothing to do with depression, patients and health care providers may be unaware of the risk.
The researchers retrospectively analyzed medication use patterns of more than 26,000 adults from 2005 to 2014, which were collected as part of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. They found that more than 200 commonly used prescription drugs—including hormonal birth control medications, blood pressure and heart medications, proton pump inhibitors, antacids and painkillers—have depression or suicide listed as potential side effects.
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