Antidepressant warnings scared parents, doctors
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Highly publicized government warnings that antidepressants could cause suicidal thoughts in adolescents may have scared off parents and doctors alike, meaning fewer depressed children are being diagnosed, U.S. psychiatrists say.
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BETHESDA, Md.  - Antidepressant medications,  including such best-selling drugs as Prozac and Paxil, should  come with strong warnings that they appear to raise the risk of  suicidal thoughts and behavior in younger patients, a U.S.  advisory panel concluded on Tuesday.
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Antidepressant use among children  declined 10 percent in 2004, after U.S. regulators warned the  drugs may be linked with increased suicide risk, pharmacy  benefits firm Medco Health Solutions said on Tuesday.
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Top officials acknowledged for the first time that antidepressants appeared to lead some children to become suicidal.
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Drug regulators should warn physicians and patients that antidepressants not only cause some children to become suicidal but most also fail to cure their depression.
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Children who take the anti-depressant Prozac are at greater risk of attempting suicide, say US experts.
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Federal regulators say they&#39;ve reached a balance in treating depressed kids with antidepressants that can also be dangerous. The Food and Drug Administration is now requiring all antidepressants to carry its strongest safety alert.
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The panel recommended that the warning should say that antidepressants can sometimes lead children to become suicidal.
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Antidepressants such as Effexor, Zoloft and Paxil may increase the risk in children and teenagers of self-destructive behavior, ranging from talking about wanting to die to making an
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European drug regulators are concerned that the antidepressant Prozac is unsafe for children, contrary to UK advice.
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Antidepressants should come with the nation's strongest warning -- in a black box on the label -- that they can sometimes spur suicidal behavior.
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WASHINGTON - All antidepressants must carry a "black box" warning, the government's strongest safety alert, linking the drugs to increased suicidal thoughts and behavior among children and teens taking them, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday.    Because the warnings are primarily seen by doctors, the agency also is creating a medication guide for patients to advise them of the risk...
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It was Britain's warning to physicians last year not to treat depression in young people with six antidepressant drugs that set off an international debate and gave impetus to U.S. health authorities who made ...
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Federal health officials are preparing stronger warnings for some anti--depressants prescribed for children after new analyses back a possible link to suicide.
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The fatal shooting last month of a Galveston doctor by his 10-year-old son, who was taking Prozac, is fueling ongoing concerns about the use of antidepressants by pediatric patients.
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WASHINGTON - Federal health advisers considering more stringent warning labels for anti-depressants linked to suicidal thoughts among children were told on Tuesday that a new warning added in March appeared to have little impact on children's use of the drugs.    Children aged 1 to 17 still account for 7 percent of anti-depressants prescribed, said Michael Evans of the Food and Drug Administration's Office of Drug Safety...
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New guidelines are issued to doctors on the use of some anti-depressants, amid growing concern about their safety.