Depression-Drug Suicide Debate Returns to a Boil
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Two federal advisory panels meet Monday and Tuesday to discuss how to balance growing concerns that antidepressants may increase the risk of adolescent suicide vs.
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Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Antidepressant drugmakers such as Pfizer Inc., GlaxoSmithKline Plc and Wyeth will have to disclose trial results suggesting a higher risk of suicide among children and teenagers taking the pills, US regulators said.
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The Food and Drug Administration will examine clinical trial data for thousands of depressed adults to see if they, like children, suffered increased suicidal thoughts and behaviors while taking antidepressants.    Dr...
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New government figures show a surprising increase in youth suicides after a decade of decline, and some mental health experts think a drop in use of antidepressant drugs may be to blame.
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SILVER SPRING, Maryland  - Antidepressant drugs need warnings that they may raise the risk of suicidal thoughts and behavior in adults up to age 25, a U.S. advisory panel said on Wednesday.
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The British Medical Journal said yesterday it has sent documents to US health regulators that appear to suggest a link between the antidepressant Prozac and suicidal behavior.
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A Food and Drug Administration epidemiologist who triggered a closer look at suicidal behavior among children taking antidepressants cited independent experts at hearings Monday who he said support his findings.    In addition to seeing increases in suicidal thoughts among children receiving all the antidepressants he studied, Dr...
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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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WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration will examine clinical trial data for thousands of depressed adults to see if they, like children, suffered increased suicidal thoughts and behaviors while taking antidepressants.
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Makers of the leading antidepressant drugs may be required to tell doctors more about potential suicide risk among children and teenagers taking the pills, regulators said yesterday.
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Psychiatrists say it's a common scenario Â troubled patients stop taking their medicine, because of cost, side effects, the stigma, or delusions that they don't need it. The consequences can be tragic, though rarely as horrific as the Valentine's Day suicide-slaughter at Northern Illinois University.
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Data on approximately 40,000 depressed adults in 234 clinical trials of antidepressants will be examined to see if the drugs increased suicidal thoughts or behaviors, said the US Food and Drug Administration.
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The use of some antidepressant drugs appears linked to an increase in suicidal behavior in some children and teen-agers, a US advisory panel concluded on Tuesday.
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A federal advisory board is recommending that the Food and Drug Administration require all drugs used to treat depressed children come with a âblack boxâ warning of a link between the use of the antidepressants and suicidal leanings.
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The discovery that antidepressants  may increase suicidal tendencies in children  has prompted some  lawmakers and physicians to ask if changes are needed to  financial incentives given to drug makers for pediatric  research.
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On the heels of reports since last May that have linked antidepressant medications to an increased risk of suicide among young users, pediatric prescriptions for the drugs have fallen 18 percent, new data finds.
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The U.S. Food and Drug  Administration plans to update antidepressant labels to reflect  studies that suggest a link between the drugs and suicide in  youths, but remains cautious about the strength of such ties,   according to documents released on Friday.