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Home » Authors » Adam Strassberg, MD.

Adam Strassberg, MD.

Psychiatrist, private practice.
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TMS Treatment for Depression: An Update

March 11, 2021
Adam Strassberg, MD.
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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Adam Strassberg, MD. Psychiatrist, private practice. Dr. Strassberg has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is no longer just for depression, with 6 FDA approvals and 7 different devices to choose from. Adam Strassberg looks at how well this intervention stacks up against ECT and medications. Includes a buyer’s guide to the latest machines.
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Metformin ER Recalled Due to Cancer Risk

November 12, 2020
Adam Strassberg, MD.
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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Adam Strassberg, MD. Psychiatrist in private practice, Palo Alto, CA. Dr. Strassberg has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
Generic metformin is being recalled by the batches, but is any of it still safe to prescribe?
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Treating Sexual Dysfunction in Women

October 3, 2019
Adam Strassberg, MD.
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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Adam Strassberg, MD. Dr. Strassberg treats sexual dysfunction through his private practice in Silicon Valley, CA. Dr. Strassberg has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
There are two FDA approved treatments for low libido in women. In this article, we explain why they are not our first choice.
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Treating Sexual Side Effects

May 8, 2019
Adam Strassberg, MD.
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
Issue Links: Learning Objectives | Editorial Information | PDF of Issue
Adam Strassberg, MD. Psychiatrist in private practice in Palo Alto, CA. Dr. Strassberg has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
Sexual side effects on SSRIs are so common that psychiatrist David Healy once argued these drugs more reliably lower libido than treat depression. Yet the problem isn’t limited to SSRIs, and it’s not unmanageable.
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Serotonin Syndrome Risks With Co-Prescription of Triptan Drugs and SSRIs or SNRIs

September 1, 2018
Adam Strassberg, MD.
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
Issue Links: Learning Objectives | Editorial Information | PDF of Issue
Adam Strassberg, MD. Dr. Strassberg has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
In 2006, the FDA issued a warning that patients using either selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors or selective norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs or SNRIs) together with triptan antimigraine drugs might be at a heightened risk for serotonin syndrome.
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Dose Maintenance, Reduction With Antipsychotics

June 1, 2018
Adam Strassberg, MD.
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
Issue Links: Learning Objectives | Editorial Information | PDF of Issue
Adam Strassberg, MD. Dr. Strassberg has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
Once patients with schizophrenia are stabilized on an antipsychotic in the acute phase of their treatment, guidelines are unclear on how to continue dosing. Some guidelines recommend lowering the dose, others recommend maintaining the dose, and others give no firm recommendations whatsoever.
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Lithium Favored in Treatment Effectiveness Study

June 1, 2018
Adam Strassberg, MD.
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
Issue Links: Learning Objectives | Editorial Information | PDF of Issue
Adam Strassberg, MD. Dr. Strassberg has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
A new study from Finland shows that lithium may be more effective than other treatments in reducing the risk of psychiatric rehospitalization in patients with bipolar disorder.
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Is SSRI Efficacy Real, or Just a Placebo Response?

May 1, 2018
Adam Strassberg, MD.
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
Issue Links: Learning Objectives | Editorial Information | PDF of Issue
Adam Strassberg, MD. Dr. Strassberg has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
Over the last several years, there’s been a lively debate about the efficacy of antidepressants. Meta-analyses have shown that antidepressants do outperform placebo in most studies. However, active medications cause more side effects than placebo pills.
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Youth, Antidepressant Medications, and Type 2 Diabetes

May 1, 2018
Adam Strassberg, MD.
From The Carlat Child Psychiatry Report
Issue Links: Learning Objectives | Editorial Information | PDF of Issue
Adam Strassberg, MD. Dr. Strassberg has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
Over the last decade, several published studies have reported an increased risk of type 2 diabetes associated with antidepressant use in adults. But does the same hold true for children and adolescents?
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Is There a Connection Between Hormonal Contraception and Suicide?

April 1, 2018
Adam Strassberg, MD.
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
Issue Links: Learning Objectives | Editorial Information | PDF of Issue
Adam Strassberg, MD. Dr. Strassberg has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
Clinical evidence is growing regarding an association between hormonal contraception and mood disturbances (Skovlund CW et al, JAMA Psychiatry 2016;73(11):1154–1162), and recently researchers at the University of Copenhagen published a study attempting to correlate hormonal contraceptive use with suicidal thinking and behavior.
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