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The Pharmacology of Study Drugs: Amphetamines, Dopamine, and Cognitive Enhancement

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Withdrawal or Relapse? Why Antidepressant Discontinuation Can Be Misunderstood

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When Addiction Treatment Becomes Addiction Maintenance: The Pharmacology Behind Rehab Fraud

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SSRIs Compared: Best Diagnoses, Half-Lives, Side Effects, and Prescribing Exceptions

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Dopamine Blockade: Why Antipsychotics Work and Why They Cause Side Effects

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Why Prozac, Zoloft, and Lexapro Affect Patients Differently

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Why Antidepressants Take Weeks to Work

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Methamphetamine vs. Adderall: How Different Are They Really?

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Why Antidepressants Take Weeks to Work

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Beyond Fentanyl: The Rise of Synthetic Opioids Ten Times More Potent

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Why Antidepressants Sometimes Stop Working: The Science Behind the Loss of Response

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When Antipsychotics Aren’t the Answer: The Medical Illness That Can Look Like Psychosis

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Why Do SSRIs Take Weeks to Work If They Change Serotonin Within Hours?

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Beyond the Daily Pill: The Injection Shaking Up Bipolar Treatment

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A Simpler Way to Ease OCD When Bipolar Is Also in the Picture

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The FDA Is Fast-Tracking Psychedelics. Noribogaine Is the Test Case That Is Not a Trip.

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Know Your Brain: The Four Lobes and What They Actually Do

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Psychopharmacology Masterclass: Drug Classes, Mechanisms of Action, and What Every Psychologist Needs to Know for Clinical Practice and the

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Retracted: The Hepatitis B Vaccine, Autism Claims, and the Challenges of Causation

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Escitalopram for Kids’ Anxiety: FDA Approval or Risky Gamble? Weighing the Evidence”

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Noribogaine (DMX-1001): A Neuroplastogen Breakthrough for Alcohol Use Disorder or Another Psychedelic Promise with Risks?

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Rising Costs in Healthcare: The 2026 Pharmaceutical Price Increases and Their Implications

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The Accidental Mind: Serendipity and the Birth of Modern Psychopharmacology part 2

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The Accidental Mind: Serendipity and the Birth of Modern Psychopharmacology part 1

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Curcumin: Turmeric’s Golden Promise for Blood Sugar and Mood – Evidence, Arguments For and Against

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Dextromethorphan ( think cough syrup) for OCD: A Promising Glutamate-Targeted Augmentation Strategy?

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Antidepressants and Suicide Prevention: Lessons from Korea’s 2002 Prescription Restrictions

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Silent Slip: How Medications Are Fueling Falls in Our Elderly

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The Dangerous Tetrad: Mastering the Fatal Signs of Rigidity and Fever -case study

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Antidepressant Withdrawal: 50% of Long-Term Users Suffer? Shocking JAMA Study vs Real-World Reality Exposed

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Metabolic Brake or Muscle Catalyst? The Pharmacokinetics of GLP-1 Muscle Loss

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Ibogaine: Miracle Cure or Medical Gamble? The Truth Behind a Controversial Psychedelic

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Low-Dose Methamphetamine Neuroprotection: What the Studies Actually Show

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The Messy Truth About Antidepressants: Benefits, Risks, and the Limits of the Evidence

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Why One ADHD Medication Hits Kids So Differently — And How Genetics Can Help

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Artificial intelligence begins prescribing medications in Utah

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Marijuana and emphysema

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Ketamine and neurotoxicity

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New study on lithium

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Is low-dose quetiapine safe for insomnia?

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How assessments can increase antidepressant prescriptions

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Saffron being studied for insomnia

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Centanafadine is a serotonin-norepinephrine-dopamine reuptake inhibitor (SNDRI) under development for ADHD.

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IS THERE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE INJECTABLE OR ORAL NALTREXONE AND TREATMENT

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A LOOK AT BIRTH CONTROL TO DEPRESSION TO ANTIDEPRESSANTS

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PRAMIPEXOLE FOR TREATMENT RESISTANT DEPRESSION

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ABILIFY COULD LEAD TO GAMBLING ADDICTION

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VARENICLINE POSSIBLY COULD HELP WITH ALCOHOL USE DISORDER

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ANTIDEPRESSANTS DURING PREGNANCY MAY ALTER FETAL DEVELOPMENT

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LEVETIRACETAM POSSIBLE ADJUNCT FOR BIPOLAR MANIA

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A STUDY ON ANTIPSYCHOTICS

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TOM WOLF DISCUSSES HIS OVERCOMING OF ADDICTION AND HOMELESSNESS

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PSILOCYBIN USE SKYROCKETS

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A POSSIBLE NEW TREATMENT FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA

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ATOMOXETINE, AMPHETAMINES FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA STUDY

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HOW SSRI MIGHT AFFECT HEART DEVELOPMENT

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ANTIPSYCHOTICS HELPS WITH CANNABIS INDUCED PSYCHOSIS

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CLOZAPINE AND HYPERSALIVATION

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PIMAVANSERIN DOES IT HELP WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA AND NEGATIVE SYMPTOMS

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CANNABIS AND HEART DISEASE

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DR. MONCRIEFF HER NEW BOOK CHEMICALLY IMBALANCED

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A BRIEF LOOK AT SOME NEW PSYCHEDELIC RESEARCH

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WEIGHT LOSS DRUGS CAN HELP YOUR HEALTH IN MANY WAYS BUT THERE ARE CONCERNS

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NEW ANTI-PSYCHOTIC FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA

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WE LOOK AT ANTIPSYCHOTIC SIDE EFFECTS

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A STUDY ON ANTIPSYCHOTICS

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WE CHAT WITH DR. ARMSTRONG ABOUT PSYCHEDELICS

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DR. GOMINAK DISCUSSES THE IMPORTANCE OF VITAMIN D AND SLEEP

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LITHIUM COULD PREVENT HOSPITALIZATION

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FDA REJECTS MDMA

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CAN OZEMPIC HELP WITH ADDICTION

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TOM WOLF DISCUSSES HIS OVERCOMING OF ADDICTION AND HOMELESSNESS AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT3

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STUDY LOOKS AT MAINTENANCE OPIOID THERAPY BUPRENORPHINE

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IS LITHIUM EFFECTIVE IN REDUCING SUICIDE COMPLETIONS

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STUDY SHOWS OZEMPIC LINKED TO POTENTIAL VISION LOSS

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EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHIATRY WITH DR.NESSE

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SSRI'S STUDY SHOWS CORRELATION WITH STRESS CARDIOMYOPATHY

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ESCITALOPRAM AND TREATMENT EMERGENT AFFECTIVE SWITCH

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KETAMINE TABLETS SHOW PROMISE FOR TREATING SEVERE DEPRESSION

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IBOGAINE AND PTSD

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PSILOCYBIN VS ESCITALOPRAM WITH MAJOR DEPRESSION AND GENERALIZED ANXIETY

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ADHD MEDS AND $100 MILLION FRAUD ARREST3

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CELECOXIB AND POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION STUDY

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FDA REJECTS MDMA FOR PTSD

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STUDY ON SSRI'S AND OCD

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A STUDY ON CLONIDINE AND TOURETTE SYNDROME COMORBID ADHD

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ASTRA ZENECA REMOVES COVID VACCINE AFTER RARE SIDE EFFECT IS LINKED TO 80 DEATHS

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L-THEANINE ADJUNCT TO SERTRALINE FOR MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER

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TESTING AN OPIOID MEDICATION WITH BUILT IN PROTECTION

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BUPRENORPHINE NOW CAN BE OBTAINED VIA TELEHEALTH AND MORE

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WE CHATTED WITH DR. POPE ABOUT ANABOLIC STEROIDS

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DR. JOSEPH DISCUSSES THE LIMITATIONS OF GENETIC STUDIES

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PAXLOVID AND COVID 19 STUDY

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A COMBINATION OF TWO MEDICATIONS SHOW PROMISE IN HELPING WITH ALCOHOL USE DISORDER

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PRENATAL CANNABIS USE AND INCREASED RISK FOR ADHD AND AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER

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RISK OF AUTISM AFTER PRENATAL EXPOSURE TO VALPROATE

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METH RELATED CARDIO MYOPATHY

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ACCIDENTAL EXPOSURE TO FENTANYL PATCHES CONTINUE TO BE DEADLY TO CHILDREN

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AN INTERESTING STUDY ON PROTON PUMP INHIBITORS AND PULMONARY TB

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DR. HASKINS DISCUSSES FRAUD IN THE MEDICAL FIELD1