SSRIs
SSRI Antidepressants Side Effects Lawsuits
SSRI Antidepressants Increase Risk Of Stroke. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, have been linked to an increased risk of bleeding in the brain. According to a study published in the journal Neurology, people who take SSRI antidepressants may be more likely develop intracerebral hemorrhages or intracranial … [Read more...]
Viibryd Side Effects
Sleep Paralysis, Acute Pancreatitis Added to Viibryd Side Effects. The national law firm Parker Waichman LLP is investigating potential lawsuits on behalf of Viibryd users who suffered sleep paralysis or acute pancreatitis. According to a letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to drug maker Forest Laboratories, … [Read more...]
SSRIs Risk of Upper GI Bleeding
SSRIs Increased Risk of Upper GI Bleeding. The use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) may double the risk of upper gastrointestinal bleeding, a study published in the journal Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology found. Researchers from China conducted the study via a systematic review and meta-analysis of 22 … [Read more...]
National Program To Discuss Pittman Case
Pittman Case, Double Murder Charges. Discussion of a Chester County boy facing double murder charges and a possible link to antidepressant medication as the culprit will be heard across the country tonight. Alternative talk show "Sightings with Jeff Rense" will host a program addressing concerns of children using antidepressant … [Read more...]
SSRI Increased Risk of Car Accidents
Serious Risk of SSRI Antidepressants Use. Parker Waichman LLP, a national law firm dedicated to protecting the rights of victims injured by defective drugs, is warning that the use of SSRIs is linked to an increased risk of car accidents, according to a new study published in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. … [Read more...]
More Harm than Good from SSRI
Side Effects Of Taking Antidepressants. A group of Canadian researchers says the risks of antidepressants - including selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressants - outweigh their benefits. In a study published in the journal Frontiers in Psychology, the researchers conclude that the antidepressants are … [Read more...]
SSRI Antidepressants Fetal Head Development
SSRI Antidepressants May Cause Fetal Head Growth. A new study published this week online in the Archives of General Psychiatry has found a possible link between selective serotonin inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressants and small fetal head growth, as well as preterm birth. The study, conducted by researchers at Sophia … [Read more...]
SSRIs During Pregnancy Double Risk of PPHN
BMJ Study Find SSRIs During Pregnancy. A new study published in the British Medical Journal has provided compelling new evidence of a connection between selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) antidepressants and pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN). The study, conducted by researchers at Sweden's Karolinska … [Read more...]
Elderly Treated with SSRI Antidepressants Suffer
SSRI Antidepressants Pose More Risks To Elderly Patients. A new study out of Britain has found that selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressants may pose more risks to elderly patients compared to older drugs called tricyclic antidepressants. SSRI antidepressants, which include drugs such as Prozac and … [Read more...]
SSRI Antidepressants, NSAIDs Don’t Mix, Study Finds
People who take selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressants might want to think twice about using NSAIDs, a class of anti-inflammatory painkillers that includes aspirin and ibuprofen. Experiments involving mice, along with human data, indicate that NSAIDs could decrease the effectiveness of SSRI … [Read more...]
SSRI’s Linked To Birth Defects
SSRIs May Cause Birth Defects. More emerging research is pointing to links between antidepressant use and a greater chance for a particular heart birth defect, writes WebMD. A Danish study of over 400,00 children born from 1996 to 2003, found that the risk increased when expectant mothers either take more than one selective … [Read more...]
Psych Meds While Pregnant Triples Risk Of Early Birth
Psych Meds Risk Of Early Birth. Last month we wrote that women who take antidepressants known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) during pregnancy may be more likely to experience premature birth than other women. Science Daily is now reporting that the likelihood of premature child delivery triples in pregnant women … [Read more...]
Antidepressants Linked to Stomach Bleeding
Antidepressants Linked to Stomach Bleeding, A Spanish study in the Archives of General Psychiatry is reporting this week that antidepressants taken by millions of people may actually increase a patient’s risk of developing stomach ulcers. The drugs, which are known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors—or SSRIs—include … [Read more...]
Migraine Meds Linked to Fatal Serotonin Syndrome
Migraine Meds Can Cause Serotonin Syndrome. Triptans, a class of medications used to treat migraines that includes Imitrex, Zomig and others, can cause serotonin syndrome. Serotonin syndrome is a rare, but potentially life-threatening adverse drug reaction that results from intentional self-poisoning, therapeutic drug use, … [Read more...]
SSRI Antidepressants Tied to Premature Birth
SSRI Antidepressants Tied to Premature Birth. Paxil and similar antidepressants have been linked to an increased risk of premature birth, a new study says. Premature birth is just one of the many risks posed by the class of antidepressants known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). Paxil has been shown to … [Read more...]
Research Links SSRI Antidepressants with Violence
SSRI Antidepressants May Cause Violence. New research has linked antidepressants, known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors or SSRIs, with violent episodes. Researchers found people who took the antidepressant Paxil were twice as likely to have a violent or “hostility event” as those given a placebo. Controversy … [Read more...]
Many Newborns Affected By Mothers’ Use of Anti-Depressants
Anti-Depressants During Pregnancy. A study published in the journal Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine reports that nearly a third of infants born to women taking anti-depressants suggesting that expectant mothers may want to consider limiting the use of these powerful drugs during pregnancy. Thirty percent of the 60 … [Read more...]
Analysis: SSRIs’ risk to infants
SSRIs May Be Dangerous To Newborn Infants. The class of antidepressants known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) is facing more bad news this week with the release of a study indicating that pregnant women's use of the drugs may be dangerous to their newborn infants. The study, which appears in the February issue … [Read more...]
Withdrawal Reactions With SSRI Antidepressants
Reuptake Inhibitor (SSRI) Antidepressants. A withdrawal reaction has been reported with all SSRI antidepressants: citalopram (CELEXA); escitalopram (LEXAPRO), fluoxetine (PROZAC, SARAFEM); fluvoxamine (LUVOX); paroxetine (PAXIL); and sertraline (ZOLOFT). The symptoms generally start within one to three days after stopping the drug … [Read more...]
Antidepressants Put Kids At Risk
Antidepressants May Cause Suicidal Thoughts. British drug regulators warned Wednesday that common antidepressants other than Prozac should not be prescribed to children because of a risk that the drugs could make young patients suicidal. A study of evidence from drug companies concluded that the risks from selective serotonin … [Read more...]
Suicide Risk Spikes Early In Treatment
Suicide Risk From Antidepressant Drugs. 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 guy went home and blew his brains out," recalled Kenneth France, a psychology professor at Shippensburg University, who heard of this case … [Read more...]
Drug Leads To Son’s Suicide
Drug Can Lead To Suicide. 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 other families a tragedy like their own, Wanda and Gary Custance urge relatives to frequently check in with loved ones who are taking … [Read more...]
Adverse Effects of SSRIs And Other Anti-Depressants On Newborns
SSRIs, Other Anti-Depressants Adverse Effects. Health Canada is advising Canadians that newborns may be adversely affected when pregnant women take Selective Serotonin Re-uptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) and other newer anti-depressants during the third trimester of pregnancy. This advisory is intended to increase awareness … [Read more...]
Depression Drugs Linked To Suicides In Teens
Depression Drugs Linked To Suicides. At least five teenagers in Canada have died, four by suicide, while being treated with the most widely prescribed antidepressants in Canada and at least 100 other children as young as 18 months old have experienced adverse reactions to the pills, CanWest News Service has learned. The most … [Read more...]
Antidepressant Warning Labels Are Long Overdue
Antidepressant Warning Labels. People constantly ignore warnings on cigarettes, alcohol and even parachutes, accepting the potential danger of death associated with using such products in return for certain benefits. Not to include these warnings on the basis that they might scare someone away from use would be irresponsible and … [Read more...]
FDA TO DRUGMAKERS: Suicide Warning Urged
FDA Asked Drugmakers To Strengthen Warning Labels. Federal regulators yesterday asked pharmaceutical companies to strengthen the wording on labels on 10 antidepressants to warn the drugs may heighten risk of suicide. "We don't know yet if there is a link between antidepressant use and suicide," said Dr. Thomas Laughren, … [Read more...]
Lawmaker Seeks Release of Antidepressant Data
Antidepressant Unpublished Clinical Trial. A congressional lawmaker wants four big drug makers to provide unpublished clinical trial data about their antidepressant pills. U.S. Rep. James Greenwood (R-Pa.), who chairs the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, wrote a letter to the companies "in light of … [Read more...]
Ottawa Warns of Suicide Risk For Teens On Anti-Depressants
Anti-Depressants Increase The Risk Of Suicide. Mounting concerns over the safety of prescribing a new generation of anti-depressants to children and teenagers has prompted Health Canada to issue a rare public warning to reconsider their use because the popular drugs may actually increase the risk of suicide. In an … [Read more...]
Debating The Risks of Giving Antidepressants To Children
Antidepressants Increase The Risk Of Suicide. Parents of children with depression must sort through an emotionally charged controversy in deciding on treatment: Do popular adult antidepressants sometimes increase the risk of suicide when they're given to children? Citing that possibility, British authorities recently … [Read more...]
Critics Question Use of Antidepressants
Use of Antidepressants Can Cause Suicide Thoughts. Six weeks after her father purposely idled his car in his workshop and died from carbon monoxide poisoning, Amy Coburn of Perry guzzled drain cleaner in a failed suicide attempt. After vomiting violently, the 13-year-old ran next door to her sister's house and was … [Read more...]
Can A Popular Antidepressant Cause Teenage Suicide?
Antidepressant Can Cause Teenage Suicidal Behavior. Michelle Van Syckel was one of those teenagers who did everything played the clarinet and basketball, loved to travel, was an honor-roll student for five years. But, after moving to a new town, Van Syckel had trouble making friends, became irritable, and eventually stopped … [Read more...]
