When is a side effect not a side effect? With antidepressants and functional gastrointestinal disorders
Monday, April 6th, 2009New research has shown that the side effects of tricyclic antidepressants reported by patients with functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGDs) such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) often aren’t actually real side effects of the drugs. Instead, most of the symptoms experienced by the women in the study were present before they started taking the medication, suggesting [...]