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A Belated Admission On Antidepressants By the FDA
Sep 16, 2004 | www.statesman.com
The Food and Drug Administration finally acknowledged publicly this week what some in the drug industry had known for a while but had declined to...
FDA Admits Drugs' Risks
Sep 14, 2004 | Los Angeles Times
Top Food and Drug Administration officials said publicly for the first time Monday that scientific trials of frequently prescribed antidepressants...
Prozac Raises Child Suicide Risk
Sep 14, 2004 | BBC
Children who take the anti-depressant Prozac are at greater risk of attempting suicide, say US experts. The drug is currently the only...
Child Antidepressants Must Have Warnings
Sep 14, 2004 | AP
Antidepressants should come with the nation's strongest warning in a black box on the label that they can sometimes spur suicidal behavior in...
Antidepressants Need Stronger Warnings
Sep 14, 2004 | AP
Antidepressants such as Paxil and Prozac should come with strong warnings that they raise the risk of suicidal thoughts and behavior in some children...
Feds Warn on Children and Antidepressants
Sep 13, 2004 | AP
Tom Woodward's 17-year-old daughter Julie committed suicide by hanging herself. He blamed the antidepressant that the teen had been taking for seven...
Strong Warnings Expected On Antidepressants For Kids
Sep 8, 2004 | USA TODAY
Scientific advisers to the Food and Drug Administration next week are expected to recommend tougher warning labels or other restrictions on...
Anti-Depressant Deaths Increase
Aug 20, 2004 | BBC
Between 1993 and 2002, 118 people in England and Wales taking venlafaxine (Efexor) died, 17.6 deaths per million prescriptions. Although the rate is...
Teen Suicide Risk Increased by Antidepressants
Aug 18, 2004 | CBS NEWS
A new warning by the Food and Drug Administration says taking antidepressant drugs increases a teen's risk of suicide.And this time, the FDA has come...
Women Warned Over Antidepressants
Aug 10, 2004 | www.globeandmail.com
Pregnant women should avoid taking a broad range of antidepressants and smoking-cessation medications because the drugs may cause their newborn...
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