Several million people are addicted to methamphetamines and also use tobacco, cannabis, alcohol, benzos, and opioids.

A large Australian trial has found that the antidepressant mirtazapine can modestly but significantly reduce methamphetamine use in people with methamphetamine use disorder (MUD). The study offers one ...

This drug has a black box warning. This is the most serious warning from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). A black box warning alerts doctors and patients about drug effects that may be ...

A phase III placebo-controlled trial published in the Journal of the American Medical Association demonstrated that ...

Mirtazapine (Remeron, Remeron SolTab) is a generic prescription medication used to treat depression in adults. Mirtazapine comes as an oral tablet and an orally disintegrating tablet. As with other ...

Mirtazapine is a generic prescription drug that’s used to treat major depressive disorder in adults. It’s also available as the brand-name drug Remeron. Mirtazapine can cause side effects, including ...

One of the known side effects of mirtazapine is weight gain. Do we know the mechanism by which this happens? In other words, if the patient is vigilant about caloric intake, will the weight gain still ...

Patients with depression who were prescribed mirtazapine or venlafaxine as a second-line antidepressant had a higher rate of serious self-harm than those who were prescribed a selective serotonin ...

Our feline friends often get excited about specific foods. Whenever a can of tuna is opened, cats come running! So when your cat doesn’t seem excited to eat — even something exciting like tuna — they ...

Mirtazapine is a central alpha-2 antagonist currently FDA-approved for the treatment of major depressive disorder. The antidepressant mirtazapine appears to be a safe and effective treatment option ...