Journal Top Ten -- COLUMNS-Drugs & Supplements --March 2008

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Avandia/Actos

ARTICLE: 'Glitazones and the Cardiovascular System'

JOURNAL: Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes 2008 Apr;15(2):188-92

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AUTHORS: P.R. Devchand

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Lexapro

ARTICLE: 'Restless Legs Syndrome Induced by Escitalopram'

JOURNAL: Pharmacotherapy 2008 Feb;28(2):271-80

SUMMARY: According to the authors, certain antidepressants, including selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors may induce or intensify restless legs syndrome. They note the case of a 34-year-old woman who was given 10 mg Lexapro to treat her depression. Within two days of taking the drug, she developed "very severe" RLS, which …