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SSRI Antidepressants Birth Defects
Nearly 500 Die Each Year from Antidepressant Overdoses
Aug 19, 2004
| www.scotsman.com
Almost 5,000 people have died from poisoning related to antidepressant drugs in a decade, figures showed today.The Office for National Statistics...
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...
Antidepressants, Parents Should Be Aware
Aug 18, 2004
| www.capitalnews9.com
Though you haven't heard it from the FDA, depressed children who take some antidepressants are more likely to exhibit suicidal behavior than...
Suicide Risk Spikes Early In Treatment, Study Verifies
Aug 16, 2004
| www.philly.com
It's the kind of cautionary tale told to generations of therapists in training:A new patient seemed better after his third therapy session.Then "the...
Antidepressants For Kids Criticized
Aug 16, 2004
| Washington Post
Six months after the Food and Drug Administration withheld an internal finding that anti-depressant medications were associated with an increased...
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...
Drug Leads To Son’s Suicide, Family Says
Aug 10, 2004
| Mail Tribune
Had she known in May what she knows know, Wanda Custance said she might have been able to save the life of her scholar-athlete son.Hoping to spare...
2nd FDA Review Confirms Antidepressant Risks: Report
Aug 10, 2004
| www.healthcentral.com
A second review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has confirmed earlier findings that children who use certain adult antidepressants are at an...
Anti-Depressants Risky For Kids, FDA Finds
Aug 10, 2004
| Washington Post
Six months after the FDA withheld an internal finding that anti-depressant medications were associated with an increased risk of suicide among...
Anti-Depressant Warning Issued
Aug 9, 2004
| The Toronto Star
Women who take some anti-depressant drugs during late pregnancy may be putting their babies at risk, Health Canada is warning. The department issued...



