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Deplin: Is it Just Folate by Another Name?

January 1, 2012

Steve Balt, MD Research fellow, Addiction Pharmacology Research Laboratory, California Pacific Medical Center Dr. Balt discloses that his spouse is employed as a sales representative for Bristol Myers Squibb.

Patients are probably asking you about Deplin, or L-methylfolate, a version of folic acid that is being marketed by Pamlab as an adjunctive treatment for depression.

Nuedexta for Pseudobulbar Affect

January 1, 2012

Steve Balt, MD and Daniel Carlat, MD

Steve Balt, MD Research fellow, Addiction Pharmacology Research Laboratory, California Pacific Medical Center Dr. Balt discloses that his spouse is employed as a sales representative for Bristol Myers Squibb. Daniel Carlat, MD

Editor-in-Chief, Publisher, The Carlat Report.

Dr. Carlat has disclosed that he has no relevant relationships or financial interests in any commercial company pertaining to this educational activity.

Nuedexta is a combination of dextromethorphan (DM) and quinidine sulfate. You might reasonably ask why these two agents would have ever been considered as a treatment for PBA.

Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Mood Disorders

January 1, 2012

Marlene Freeman, MD

Marlene Freeman, MD Associate professor of psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Director of clinical services, Perinatal and Reproductive Psychiatry Clinical Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital Dr. Freeman has received research support from Lilly, GlaxoSmithKline, and Forest Pharmaceuticals for the study of duloxetine, Lovaza (omega-3 fatty acid), and escitalopram. She has also served as a consultant to Bristol Myers Squibb on measurement based care. Dr. Carlat has reviewed this article and found no evidence of bias in this educational activity.

Defining CAM is challenging. One of the things that makes it so hard to have a concrete discussion on CAM is that it means different things to different people.

Are Omega-3s Effective for ADHD?

December 1, 2011

Editor-in-Chief, Caroline Fisher, PhD, MD

Omega-3 fatty acids have been extolled as a treatment for everything from depression to high blood pressure. But how do they stack up for ADHD?

The Carlat Guide to Medications Used for Insomnia

November 1, 2011

This handy table lists the medications most often used to treat insomnia.

St. John’s Wort or Celexa for Minor Depression?

September 1, 2011

Section editor, Glen Spielmans, PhD

Whether minor depression responds to antidepressant medication is up for debate, with few studies yielding mixed results.

B Vitamins May Slow Brain Atrophy

December 1, 2010

Section editor, Glen Spielmans, PhD

Given that taking B vitamins can lower plasma homocysteine levels, a group of researchers recently examined whether supplemental B vitamins could low the rate of brain atrophy in elderly people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI).

SAMe May be Effective Augmentation for Antidepressants

October 1, 2010

Section editor, Glen Spielmans, PhD

SAMe, long a favorite of Italian psychiatrists, has hopped the pond and installed itself as a “natural” remedy for depression in the U.S.

Alternative Treatments for Depression

July 1, 2010

Dhwani Shah, MD

No clinician wants to be a “pill-pusher,” and most of our patients do not want that kind of treatment. So what can we offer our depressed patients beyond medications?