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SSRI Antidepressants Birth Defects
CHMP Meeting on Paroxetine and Other SSRIs
Dec 9, 2004
| www.pharmalive.com
The European Medicines Agency scientific committee, the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP), held an extraordinary meeting in...
'People Have a Right to Know'
Oct 27, 2004
| Newsweek
The Woodwards will never know for sure if their daughter committed suicide last year because of an adverse reaction to an antidepressant. But Tom...
FDA Orders Strong Antidepressant Warnings
Oct 15, 2004
| AP
All antidepressants must carry a "black box" warning, the government's strongest safety alert, linking the drugs to increased suicidal thoughts and...
FDA Tried To Tailor Report On Antidepressants
Sep 24, 2004
| Washington Post
A Food and Drug Administration medical officer was told by top agency officials to delete material on the risks of antidepressant drugs from records...
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...
Panel Urges Child Antidepressants Warning
Sep 15, 2004
| AP
All drugs used to treat depressed children should carry a "black box" warning of the antidepressants' link to increased suicidal thoughts and...
Prozac Linked To Child Suicide Risk
Sep 14, 2004
| USA TODAY
Prozac, the only antidepressant certified as safe for children, may make kids more suicidal, according to evidence out Monday.A large new study added...
Antidepressants And Suicide Linked
Sep 14, 2004
| Washington Post
Two to 3 percent of children treated with antidepressants had suicidal thoughts or behavior as a result of the drugs, officials said yesterday, based...
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...



