Psychiatric Associates of Atlanta Mental Health News |
Sunday, February 29, 2004
Antidepressants hazardous to health care coverage: Insurance plans stymie individual policyholders Adrienne Sanders, Victoria Colliver, Chronicle Staff Writers Sunday, February 22, 2004 When Amy M. left her steady job to become a freelance advertising copywriter, she had no idea the antidepressant she took to combat depression would have an unexpected side effect. She couldn't get health insurance. "I was turned down by Blue Cross, Blue Shield and Kaiser," said the 35- year-old Oakland resident, who has been taking the antidepressant Celexa for several years. "My rejection letters from the insurance companies stated the reason for the denial: antidepressants." Monday, February 16, 2004
ADA Takes On FDA Over Schizophrenia Drugs FORBES Matthew Herper, 01.27.04, 10:11 AM ET NEW YORK - Do newer schizophrenia medicines cause diabetes? Yes, but some more than others, according to an opinion paper sponsored by the American Diabetes Association. The opinion, backed by several other medical groups, breaks step with a controversial U.S. Food and Drug Administration decision to apply the same diabetes warning to all of these medicines--and has drawn the protests from one of the top makers of antipsychotic drugs. |
