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"John's Wort, a medicinal herb frequently blamed by conventional medicine for interfering with prescription drugs, is more effective than a popular antidepressant drug in treating depression. The study found that the herb is actually much more effective than antidepressant drugs, since more than half of those taking St. John's Wort in the trial experienced improvements in symptoms of mental depression. Conversely, only one-third of those taking the popular antidepressant drug showed such improvements." - Mike Adams, Natural Health Solutions (Get the book.)

"Note: Work with your physician if you want to transition from an antidepressant drug to St. John's wort. Do not combine St. John's wort with any antidepressant drugs except under the guidance of your doctor. Ginkgo Principal use: For memory, mental function, and premenstrual symptoms. What else you should know: Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba) is a venerable Chinese herb whose benefits in mental function are now being confirmed by scientific studies. Fuzzy thinking can impair judgment, and poor memory can contribute to feelings of frustration and anxiety." - Jack Challem, The Food-Mood Solution: All-Natural Ways to Banish Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Stress, Overeating, and Alcohol and Drug Problems--and Feel Good Again (Get the book.)

"So she goes to another physician, who tells her that she has a "chemical imbalance" and perhaps a new kind of sleeping pill or a different antidepressant drug might help. When she tells him she has tried all these pills in the last few months and is actually feeling worse, he says she needs a vacation. But she knows something is not right even though both doctors give her a clean bill of health, and that's when she comes to see me. I tell Emily that I know what this bone-weary, awful funk is because I see it all the time—and have been treating patients for it for more than twenty years." - Frank Lipman, Mollie Doyle, Spent: Revive: Stop Feeling Spent and Feel Great Again (Get the book.)

"John's Wort was officially recognized as an antidepressant drug in Germany in 1998, is ''''Natural medications such as St. John's Wort, SAMe, and omega-3 fatty acids eventually may prove to he valuable additions to the psychiatrist^ pharmacologic armamentarium, both as monotherapy and as adjunctive therapy for mood disorders. Current research data are compelling, from a standpoint of both efficacy and safety...." —David Mischoulon, M.D., Ph.D." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.)

"ANTIDEPRESSANTS Patients with Alzheimer's often have symptoms of depression that can be treated with antidepressant medications. An antidepressant drug in the monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) class that is often used is selegiline (Eldepryl). Overall, studies have not shown this medication to be effective for treating mood or cognitive problems in AD. Side effects include hypertensive crisis (the blood pressure suddenly becomes very high, to the point at which it can become a medical emergency) when patients eat high-tyramine foods like cheese, wine, or beer." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"More recently, there have been studies of a natural derivative of folic acid called methyl folate, showing it to be as effective as the antidepressant drug to which it was being compared. This supports the claim that nutritionally oriented doctors including orthomolecular psychiatrists have been making for many years now: folic acid prescribed in megadoses appears to be a stimulating antidepressant for some patients. The amino acid tryptophan can be another key substance in the treatment of depression. According to Dr." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"Although I would continue to testify in criminal and malpractice cases, after the Wesbecker case none of the antidepressant drug manufacturers have chosen to take any of my other cases to trial, instead often settling to the satisfaction of the plaintiffs. The drug companies are not only afraid of losing in court, they are probably more afraid of allowing sealed (secret) in-house documents with their smoking guns to see the light of day during public trials." - Peter Breggin, Medication Madness: A Psychiatrist Exposes the Dangers of Mood-Altering Medications (Get the book.)

"How Antidepressants Work Another school of thought says that the best way to raise low serotonin levels—and thereby relieve depression—is to take an antidepressant drug. Most antidepressants work by increasing the number of serotonin molecules received by the neuroreceptors. The scientists who developed antidepressants focused on creating drugs that would cause the original low number of serotonin molecules released by a depressed person's brain cells to remain in the space between cells for a longer time, thus allowing these molecules to hit the serotonin receptors more than once." - Kathleen DesMaisons, Potatoes Not Prozac: Solutions for Sugar Sensitivity (Get the book.)

"I suggested a low dose of trazodone, an older, non-habit-forming antidepressant drug that has a side effect of sleepiness—just what Mr. Black needed. I reminded him how important it was to resume his regular exercise, which he had given up. I also made sure that he had at least one person with whom he was sharing his real feelings. I asked him to make an appointment to come back in two weeks so I could check on his progress, and to call me in the interim if he felt worse. At the end of the visit, Mr. Black thanked me for listening to his problems. I was glad that Mr." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.)

"Eventually the reps asked him to lecture about a new version of their antidepressant drug." That's when Hal Elliott pulled the plug on his short career as a thought leader. Plenty of other academics don't pull the plug, deciding instead that they can maintain their academic and intellectual integrity and still take the money. Today, a third of academic clinicians have financial ties to either the drug or the device industry, though nobody (except the companies themselves) has any idea how much money actually changes hands." - Shannon Brownlee, Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer (Get the book.)

"CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS PREVENT SUICIDE, REGARDLESS OF THE DRUG THE FDA AND PRO-DRUG ADVISORY committee members at the hearing emphasized that there were no completed suicides in the antidepressant drug trials submitted to it by the drug companies. The FDA also promotes this misleading claim.22 When confronted with the question during a deposition against GlaxoSmithKline in early 2007,1 realized that there were no suicides in either the drug groups or the sugar pill groups." - Peter Breggin, Medication Madness: A Psychiatrist Exposes the Dangers of Mood-Altering Medications (Get the book.)

"Conversely, only one-third of those taking the popular antidepressant drug showed such improvements. Not surprisingly, those taking the herb also showed significantly fewer negative side effects compared to those taking the prescription drug. Depression and mental disorders can be prevented and treated with simple healing foods A study published in the February 15, 2005 issue of Biological Psychiatry shows that certain foods are better at treating depression than antidepressant drugs." - Mike Adams, Natural Health Solutions (Get the book.)

"Eventually the reps asked him to lecture about a new version of their antidepressant drug." That's when Hal Elliott pulled the plug on his short career as a thought leader. Plenty of other academics don't pull the plug, deciding instead that they can maintain their academic and intellectual integrity and still take the money. Today, a third of academic clinicians have financial ties to either the drug or the device industry, though nobody (except the companies themselves) has any idea how much money actually changes hands." - Shannon Brownlee, Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer (Get the book.)

"A physician prescribed an antidepressant drug, which resulted in her gaining weight but did not completely resolve her depression and anxiety. He prescribed a second antidepressant drug, but it didn't help. When Shelley went to a nutritionally oriented physician, he tested her urine for kryptopyrrole, a chemical that binds to and excretes vitamin B6 and zinc, two nutrients that influence mood. Shelly tested positive for this genetic predisposition, and work-related stresses increased her production of kryptopyrrole and loss of vitamin B6 and zinc." - Jack Challem, Feed Your Genes Right: Eat to Turn Off Disease-Causing Genes and Slow Down Aging (Get the book.)

"John's Wort and antidepressant drug interactions in the elderly. J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol 12(1):7-10. 1999. Lecrubier Y, Clerc G, Didi R, et al: Efficacy of St. John's Wort extract WS 5570 in major depression: a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Am J Psychiatry 159(8): 1361-1366. 2002. Lehrl S, Willemsen A, Papp R et al: Results from measurements of the cognitive capacity in patients during treatment with hypericum extract. Nervenheilkunde 12:281-284. 1993. Lenoir S, Degenring F, Sailer R." - Thomson Healthcare, Inc., PDR for Herbal Medicines, Fourth Edition (Get the book.) "Effectiveness of 5-hydroxy-L-trytophan as an antidepressant drug was studied in 59 patients with depressive symptoms in a double blind clinical study using a Rating Scale for Depression (Nakajima, 1978). A daily dose of 150-300 mg of 5-hydroxyl-L-tryptophan was administered for three weeks. Favorable responses were observed in 40 patients (67.8%), of whom 13 patients were markedly improved. These effects were noticed in 32 patients (80% of the improved patients) within a week of the treatment." - Thomson Healthcare, Inc., PDR for Herbal Medicines, Fourth Edition (Get the book.)

"The antidepressant drug sertralin (Zoloft). • The erectile dysfunction drug sildenafil. • The transplant rejection drug cyclosporine (Sandimmune, Neoral). • The protease inhibitor saquinavir (Invirase, Fortovase), used to treat HIV. • The anti-arrhythmic heart drug amiodarone (Corda-rone, Pacerone). Reducing Your Risk of Interactions There are many things you, as a consumer, can do to reduce your risk. First of all, be aware that drug interactions do exist, and that nutrients and vitamins, along with food and beverages, must be included in the equation." - Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements (Get the book.)

"Clinical evaluation of 5-hydroxy-L-tryptophan as an antidepressant drug. Folia Psychiatr Neurol Jpn 1978;32:223-230. Nardini M, DeStefano R, Ianuccelli M, et al. Treatment of depression with 1-5-hydroxytryptophan combined with chlomipramine: A double-blind study. J Clin Pharmacol Res 1983;3:239-250. Poldinger W, Calanchini B, Schwarz W. A functional-dimensional approach to depression: serotonin deficiency as a target syndrome in a comparison of 5-hydroxytryptophan and fluvoxamine. Psychopathology 1991;24:53-81 Puttini PS, Caruso I." - Thomson Healthcare, Inc., PDR for Herbal Medicines, Fourth Edition (Get the book.)

"One doctor prescribed an antidepressant drug, which increased Sandy's weight as a side effect but did not completely resolve her feelings of depression and anxiety.The doctor then prescribed a different antidepressant, but that didn't work well, either. On the advice of a friend, Sandy visited a nutritionally oriented physician. Blood tests found her low in the B vitamins,so he recommended that she begin taking a high-potency B-complex supplement." - Jack Challem, The Food-Mood Solution: All-Natural Ways to Banish Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Stress, Overeating, and Alcohol and Drug Problems--and Feel Good Again (Get the book.)

"There is no FDA-approved treatment for fibromyalgia, but there are now two studies that indicate a majority of people who suffer from the disorder can find relief by taking duloxetine (Cymbalta), an antidepressant drug. A report on the latest study of the drug was reported in the medical journal Arthritis and Rheumatism. Duloxetine may be effective because it works by boosting levels of two neurotransmitters that play a role in pain processing." - Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements (Get the book.)

"The goals for the DSOB are commendable and needed, but I can assure you the new board will not look at how the antidepressant drug studies are designed (Chapter 7, Tricks of the Trade), the actual effectiveness of antidepressants (Chapter 8, Do Antidepressants Work?) or the side effects of these drugs (Chapters 10, 11 & 13). The controversy and costs would be too great. At risk would be drug industry jobs, lawsuits against drug companies and physicians who have encouraged their use, and the anger of millions who genuinely believe they could not survive without their antidepressant." - Dr. Timothy Scott, America Fooled: The Truth About Antidepressants, Antipsychotics and How We've Been Deceived (Get the book.)

"Lacasse and Jonathan Leo reach the following conclusion about antidepressant drug advertising: A recent study by Kravitz et al. found that pseudopatients (actors who were trained to behave as patients) presenting with symptoms of adjustment disorder (a condition for which antidepressants are not usually prescribed) were frequently prescribed paroxetine (Paxil) by their physicians if they inquired specifically about Paxil; such enquiries from actual patients could be prompted by DTCA (Direct-To-Consumer-Advertising)." - Mike Adams, Natural Health Solutions (Get the book.) "A group of researchers made random visits to 152 doctors' offices to see if they could get prescriptions for Paxil, an antidepressant drug, merely by requesting the drug by name. The results? More than fifty percent of those who asked for Paxil by name were not only written a prescription for the drug on the spot, they were also diagnosed with depression without showing a single symptom! My staff investigators continue to hear from FDA employees who believe in their agency and ..." - Mike Adams, Natural Health Solutions (Get the book.)

"Black cohosh extract significantly reduced the period of immobility, a result comparable to that of imipramine, another antidepressant drug (Winterhoff et al, 2003). Anti-Inflammatory Effects: Methanol extract of Cimicifuga rhizome demonstrated significant anti-inflammatory activity in rats (Kim & Kim, 2000). Virus-infected mice were found to have lowered interleukin-8 levels and reduced numbers of exuded neutrophils (obtained by bronchoalveolar lavage) after treatment with ferulic acid, isoferulic acid, or a Cimicifuga extract, as compared to the control group (Hirabayashi et al, 1995)." - Thomson Healthcare, Inc., PDR for Herbal Medicines, Fourth Edition (Get the book.)

"There have been five case reports of chromium (page 493) supplementation (200-400 meg per day) significantly improving mood in people with a type of depression called dysthymic disorder who were also taking the antidepressant drug sertraline (Zoloft).80 These case reports, while clearly limited and preliminary in scope, warrant further research to better understand the benefits, if any, of chromium supplementation in people with depression." - Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D., The Natural Pharmacy: Complete A-Z Reference to Natural Treatments for Common Health Conditions (Get the book.)

"SSRI Antidepressants and Birth Defects Although as we now know, warnings have been reported for more than a decade regarding the adverse effects of SSRI antidepressants when taken during pregnancy, WebMD Medical News issued another warning in 2004, as follows: Expert Panel Says Prozac Affects Fetus April 28, 2004 - Taking the popular antidepressant drug Prozac late in pregnancy may be toxic to the fetus, a government report shows. Mothers who take Prozac during the third trimester of pregnancy risk premature delivery, the report says." - Dr David W Tanton, Ph.D., Antidepressants, Antipsychotics, And Stimulants - Dangerous Drugs on Trial (Get the book.)

"Only in retrospect, with considerable investigation, did Woody's family learn that the FDA has known about this risk for over twenty years, long before this class of antidepressant drug ever hit the market. Experts estimate that twenty thousand Americans have been killed by such antidepressants. On March 22,2004, the FDA finally required suicide warnings on these medications. The main reason for this late warning is not consumer protection, but instead drug company protection." - Byron J. Richards, Fight for Your Health: Exposing the FDA's Betrayal of America (Get the book.)

"I was put on nearly every antidepressant drug known and had severe side effects to all of them and felt sicker and sicker. None worked. I lost a lot of weight, and I was extremely constipated. I also had a cardiac arrhythmia. "On April 12, 2000,1 looked like I was dying to several people important in my life. My psychiatrist agreed and took me off all antidepressant medications and put me on a tiny amount of lithium carbonate (150 mg twice a day). Shortly later, I picked up a 1975 copy of Nutrition Almanac, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, and happened to open it to the magnesium section." - Mark Sircus, Transdermal Magnesium Therapy (Get the book.)

"Prozac Scandal Revealed; Antidepressants The most favored antidepressant drug to make people "happy" is Prozac (fluoxetine). In the U.S., it is now used by millions of people to cope with stressful living conditions. This may lead people to believe that the drug is safe. The first studies on Prozac, however, show that the drug is not harmless after all. Researchers from the University of California made the discovery that women who take Prozac while pregnant are more than twice as likely to give birth to babies with defects." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.)

"If an antidepressant is eventually going to be given to those who are at high risk for suicide, have bipolar disorder, have an eating disorder, are obsessive-compulsive, are antisocial or experience general anxiety, then those people should not be purposely excluded from an antidepressant drug trial. But they are.16 Those designing these trials are not looking for subjects who are the most like those who will be prescribed their drug. They are not looking for participants who have a problem that has gone on for years and are less likely to respond." - Dr. Timothy Scott, America Fooled: The Truth About Antidepressants, Antipsychotics and How We've Been Deceived (Get the book.)

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