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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Antidepressants should come with the nation's strongest warning that they can sometimes spur suicidal behavior in children and teenagers, agency advisers said Tuesday.
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Families and doctors should be cautioned that children taking antidepressant drugs may be at an increased risk for suicidal behavior and thinking, and the government should require a prominent
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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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A recommendation from expert advisors to the US Food and Drug Administration that stronger warning labels be placed on antidepressants, due to potential
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WASHINGTON -- Now that the Food and Drug Administration is considering suicide warnings on antidepressants for children, the agency is checking whether the same precaution might be needed for adults.
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Because some antidepressant drugs have been shown to lead to suicidal thoughts among children and teens, the FDA decrees that all manufacturers must carry a warning on their labels.
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Federal health advisers considered Monday whether strong warning labels were needed on antidepressants because they have been linked to suicidal tendencies among children who take them.
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Warnings that antidepressants might increase the risk of suicidal behavior in youth curbed rapid growth of these drugs but did not eliminate access to them among young people as some had feared, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
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Scientific advisers to the Food and Drug Administration next week are expected to recommend tougher warning labels or other restrictions on antidepressants linked to suicidal behavior in children.
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Caution on using antidepressants as first treatment for mild depression is latest evidence of experts reexamining the enthusiasm for medications.
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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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WASHINGTON - All drugs used to treat depressed children should carry a "black box" warning of the antidepressants' link to increased suicidal thoughts and actions, says a panel of federal advisers.    The warning, among the strongest in the Food and Drug Administration's arsenal, should reach doctors no matter how they get drug information and would extend to drug advertising directed at patients...
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Federal drug regulators should warn physicians and patients in the strongest possible terms that antidepressants not only cause some children and teenagers to become suicidal
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Angry and grieving family members pleaded with U.S. advisers on Wednesday to back strong new warnings on antidepressant drugs, saying the risks of suicidal behavior seen in children also apply to adults.
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WASHINGTON - Alarmed at a recommendation that antidepressants for children carry a strict new warning label, some parents are not letting their kids take the drugs as part of a clinical trial for young people who have attempted suicide.    Government health advisers said last week the labels on these drugs should have bold warnings surrounded by a black box to draw attention and say that, in some cases, the medication increases suicidal thoughts and behavior...
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Doctors have been issued with new guidance on the prescribing of antidepressants.