Archive for the 'SAMe' Category
Saturday, June 25th, 2011
During the New Clinical Drug Evaluation Unit Meeting, researchers at David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, reported that adding tai chi to escitalopram (Lexapro, Cipralex, Seroplex) treatment further reduced the severity of depression. (more…)
Anxiety (Panic)/Depression, Elderly, Folic Acid, SAMe, Tai Chi | Comments Off on Adding tai chi improves antidepressant drug therapy
Friday, April 15th, 2011
The American Psychiatric Association’s Task Force on Complementary and Alternative Medicine reviewed the evidence and report their findings.
Here are their findings. (more…)
Acupuncture/ pressure, Anxiety (Panic)/Depression, Exercise, Folic Acid, Light Therapy, Mindfulness, Omega-3 Fatty Acids, SAMe, St. John's Wort | Comments Off on CAM for major depressive therapy
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
Researchers at Goulds Naturopathica, in Hobart TAS, Australia, reviewed the evidence. (more…)
Acupuncture/ pressure, Anxiety (Panic)/Depression, Exercise, Folic Acid, Lavender, Light Therapy, Mindfulness, Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Rhodiola Rosea, Saffron, SAMe, St. John's Wort | Comments Off on CAM (not St John’s wort) to treat depression
Friday, November 5th, 2010
Evidence for CAM to treat depression, anxiety, sleep disorders, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been reviewed by researchers at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, in Kenner.
Here’s what we know. (more…)
ADHD, Anxiety (Panic)/Depression, Inositol, Jet Lag, Kava, Melatonin, Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Passionflower, Saffron, SAMe, Sleep (Insomnia), St. John's Wort, Valerian, Vitamins | Comments Off on Review of CAM for behavioral health
Sunday, March 7th, 2010
Prof. Ernst and colleagues from the UK reviewed of the evidence (more…)
Capsaicin, Fibromyalgia, Flavonoids (Soy), Homeopathy, SAMe | Comments Off on Review: CAM for fibromyalgia
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009
 Researchers from the University of Queensland, in Australia evaluated the evidence for adding nutritional and herbal medicines to antidepressants, mood stabilizers, and benzodiazepines. (more…)
Anxiety (Panic)/Depression, Diet-Nutrition, Folic Acid, Herbals, Omega-3 Fatty Acids, SAMe | Comments Off on Should we add CAM to Rx treatments?
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009
Researchers from the University of Canterbury, at Christchurch, New Zealand reviewed the evidence supporting the use of nutritional and herbal supplements to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). (more…)
ADHD, Carnitine, Ginkgo, Ginseng, Iron, Magnesium, Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Pine Bark Extract, SAMe, St. John's Wort, Vitamins, Zinc | Comments Off on Treating ADHD with supplements
Sunday, February 15th, 2009
When a second antidepressant drug is added to an existing antidepressant, it’s called “combination pharmacotherapy.”
When a non-antidepressant agent is added, it’s “augmentation treatment.”
Examples of augmentation therapy… (more…)
Anxiety (Panic)/Depression, Omega-3 Fatty Acids, SAMe | Comments Off on Augmentation therapy for resistant depression
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
A study published in the journal, eCAM, and summarized in an earlier post, reported a remission rate of 65% when Iyengar yoga was used to augment the effects of anti-depressant drugs in 20 adults with unipolar major depression in partial remission.
How do other forms of CAM compare when used to improve a less than complete response to pharmacologic treatment of depression? (more…)
Anxiety (Panic)/Depression, Folic Acid, Omega-3 Fatty Acids, SAMe, Yoga | Comments Off on CAM to augment anti-depressant drug effects
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
Further research is needed, but Dr. Marlene Freeman from The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas brings us up to date. (more…)
Anxiety (Panic)/Depression, Exercise, Folic Acid, Light Therapy, Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Pregnancy, SAMe, St. John's Wort | Comments Off on CAM for perinatal depression
Friday, July 11th, 2008
The National Center for CAM (NCCAM) has summarized the state of the science. (more…)
Acupuncture/ pressure, Biofeedback, Chiropractic, Hypnosis, Magnesium, Magnets, Massage, SAMe, Tai Chi | Comments Off on The NCCAM view of CAM for fibromyalgia
Thursday, May 8th, 2008
St. John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum) and S-adenosyl-l-methionine (SAMe) top the list, according to this review from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in Pennsylvania. (more…)
Acupuncture/ pressure, Massage, Omega-3 Fatty Acids, SAMe, Yoga | Comments Off on Another review of CAM options for bipolar disorder