One-third of adults in U.S. taking drugs that may cause depression,
@amadeo (111948)
United States
June 13, 2018 11:14am CST
I have been doing so research on this.
I do take many medication.
Have to go back and check out the side effect on this.
They were a few times I felt depress and did not realized some of the medication can cause this.One that I have taken a while back was the anxiety med.
Did not like it.So drop it.Now they say blood pressure pill just as bad.
I take two on the blood pressure
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Below is from Today USA news for more
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More than one-third of adults in the U.S. take prescription drugs not knowing they could potentially cause depression or increase the risk of suicide, a new study finds.
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago analyzed the use of medications of more than 26,000 adults from 2005 to 2014 who participated in a larger health and nutrition survey.
They found that more than 200 commonly used prescription drugs have depression or suicide listed as potential side effects. The types of medications include hormonal birth control medications, blood pressure and heart medications, proton pump inhibitors, antacids and painkillers.
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@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
13 Jun 18
Hi Alfredo. One-third is still plenty and that is alarming. Is it possible that those who were taking medications end up having depression in the end?
@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
14 Jun 18
@amadeo But maybe there are studies or researches about it.
@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
14 Jun 18
some medication makes us unhealthier than we were before we took it - It just feeds the pharmacutical giants by maintaining our dependencies
@amadeo (111948)
• United States
14 Jun 18
@arthurchappell thank you.Good morning
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@LeaPea2417 (36438)
• Toccoa, Georgia
13 Jun 18
I only take a heart pill for an A Fib. It doesn't cause depression thank goodness.
@Poppylicious (11133)
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14 Jun 18
Husband's meds often alluded to kidney failure as a side-effect. This was medication he was on FOR kidney failure.
@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
14 Jun 18
Did you know that most water retention pills, cause shortness of breath? Tony had figured this out years ago with another cheap brand HTZT and the docs out that on an allergy list, for a week he took himself off another and he could breath better. He got a new one a couple days ago, we shall see how this one does.
DO NOT stop the blood pressure medication, as you will know having high BP is a silent killer. Sometimes we have to treat one thing and then treat another from the cause of the first treatment. Its all in the matter of if you want to live.
Sugar causes depression too, many food preservatives cause many bad things to happen in the body.
I am all for natural meds but we also have to change how we eat and exercise.
@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
13 Jun 18
There are more side effects of medications that override the severity of the illness you are taking it for.
I know. Been there. There are more natural treatments now for everything. I won't put anything synthetic into my system unless there is no known natural substitute for it. 
