FDA Alters Tack on Children and Antidepressants
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A Food and Drug Administration reexamination of data linking the pediatric use of some antidepressants to increased suicidal tendencies has once again found a connection, and the agency is
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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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A Food and Drug Administration reexamination of data linking the pediatric use of some antidepressants to increased suicidal tendencies has once again found a connection.
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The U.S. Food and Drug  Administration said on Thursday it "generally supports" an  advisory panel's conclusion this week that antidepressants  sometimes raise the risk of suicidal behavior in youth.
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Description: An advisory committee recommends the FDA issue stronger warnings about the use of antidepressants called SSRIs in children and teenagers.
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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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October 1, 2004 5:11 PM GMT (Datamonitor) - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is set to examine the potential link between antidepressants and increased suicidal tendencies in adults.
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A common class of drugs prescribed to children with depression may have an adverse effect on bone growth, according to a new study.
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The number of children taking antidepressants has dropped dramatically since the Food and Drug Administration cautioned that the drugs can provoke suicidal behavior, according to a study.    Pharmacy benefit manager Medco Health Solutions found that the number of children taking antidepressants fell 18 percent in the first quarter and an additional 5 percent in the second quarter...
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The number of children taking antidepressants has dropped dramatically since the Food and Drug Administration cautioned that the drugs can provoke suicidal behavior, according to a study.
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On Tuesday, a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel urged that antidepressants carry explicit warnings about an increased risk of suicidal behaviors in young people.
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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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Eli Lilly &amp; Co. documents linking the antidepressant Prozac to violence have been turned over to the US Food and Drug Administration by the British Medical Journal, the publication says in its Jan. 1 issue.
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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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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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NEW YORK  - Within 2 years after the October 2003 FDA public health advisory about the risk of suicide in children taking a type of antidepressant called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), significant reductions in rates of diagnosis and antidepressant treatment of childhood depression occurred, researchers report.
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In light of new recommendations that the US Food and Drug Administration consider stern warnings about a possible link between antidepressants and suicidal thoughts among children, agency officials are re-evaluating whether adults on these medications can