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her passion for her job and rigorous micro-management of her medication, she was able to build a successful blog with a 27,000-strong
28-March 6, sales of over-the-counter anti-anxiety medications and antidepressants have quadrupled, in what newspaper Kommersant dubbed the
mental health in Russia can be difficult at the best of times, Lebedev said
already living with mental illness, who can face more challenges adapting to abrupt or significant life changes, the turmoil of war and
economic crisis can quickly send them spiralling, explained one psychiatrist who runs a private Moscow clinic serving around 500 clients
my clients' mothers lives in Mariupol and received a brain injury due to bombardment
Another was displaced from Donetsk and suffers from OCD
psychiatrist added.On top of anxiety over the war, sweeping Western sanctions have disrupted the supply of medications or sent their prices
There have been reports of panic-buying by consumers who fear their drugs will soon run out, leaving many Russians unable to get their usual
take have stopped being imported into Russia
pharmacy that carried Trazodone, an Italian-manufactured antidepressant popular for its affordability and few side effects, was an almost
Eventually my husband found the last five packs somewhere, and bought them all
pharmaceutical analysis firm DSM Group, told The Moscow Times.But the story from inside Russian pharmacies, according to the Moscow
Minister Mikhail Murashko claimed Wednesday that the current shortages are a result of panic buying and warned Russians not to stockpile
Putin.With such uncertainty over future medicine supplies, it is safer to look for more accessible alternatives such as domestic-produced
in Russia to treat mental disorders are of poor quality, much worse than foreign drugs
topic.Vladislav Plotnikov, an associate professor at St
