Source: BBC News [UK State Media]
“Side effects of different antidepressants have been ranked for the first time, revealing huge differences between drugs. Academics looked at the impact medications had on patients in the first eight weeks after starting treatment, with some causing patients to gain up to 2kg in weight or vary heart rate by as much as 21 beats every minute. Around eight million people in the UK take antidepressants. Researchers warned the gulf in side effects could affect people’s health and whether they could stick to their prescription. They said nobody reading this should stop their treatment, but have called for antidepressants to be closely matched to the needs of each person. ‘There are big differences between [antidepressants] and this is important not just for individual patients, but large numbers of people are taking them, so even modest changes could have a big effect across the whole population,’ said researcher Prof Oliver Howes.” (10/22/25)