FDA advisers: Kids&#39; antidepressants need warnings
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All antidepressants should carry a &quot;black box&quot; warning on the label saying that the pills can cause suicidal behavior in children, scientific advisers told the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday.
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MONDAY, Aug. 23 (HealthDayNews) -- While U.S. health officials consider imposing more warning labels on antidepressants used by children, experts recommend that parents make no treatment changes without consulting their child's doctor first.
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The US Food and Drug Administration says it &quot;generally supports the recommendations&quot; of two advisory panels that antidepressants can raise the risk of suicidal behavior in some children.
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WASHINGTON -- The people who prescribe antidepressants for children may have to have better training to spot warning signs of suicide.
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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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Children taking antidepressant drugs may be at increased risk for suicidal behavior and thinking, and the government should require a "black box" warning label on the medications, an expert panel concluded Tuesday.
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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 in children and teenagers, the government's scientific advisers decided Tuesday.    It's a rare risk, and therefore families need detailed information on how to balance that concern with the need to treat depression, which itself can lead to suicide, cautioned advisers to the Food and Drug Administration...
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BETHESDA, Md.  - A U.S. advisory panel began  meeting Monday to debate whether certain antidepressants should  come with stronger warnings about the chances of suicidal  behavior in children and teens who take the drugs.
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hen the Food and Drug Administration opens an advisory committee hearing tomorrow into the safety of antidepressants, several committee members will push for tougher warnings saying that
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Antidepressants should come with the nation's strongest warning &#151; in a black box on the label &#151; that they can sometimes spur suicidal behavior in children and teenagers, the government's scientific advisers decided Tuesday.
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BETHESDA, Md.  - Antidepressants such as Paxil and  Prozac should come with strong warnings that they raise the  risk of suicidal thoughts and behavior in some children and  teen-agers, a U.S. advisory panel concluded on Tuesday.
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ast week, a federal advisory panel urged regulators to warn parents that antidepressant drugs not only increase the risk of suicide in some children, but that most have a poor track record in curing their disease.
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An advisory panel&#39;s recommendation that the Food and Drug Administration require antidepressant medicines to carry warnings about the possible risk of suicidal behavior in children taking the drugs is a prudent move.
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WASHINGTON Aug. 20, 2004 - Federal health officials are preparing stronger warnings for some antidepressants used in children after new analyses back a possible link to suicide.
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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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Following a two-day hearing on the safety and efficacy of antidepressants in children, an FDA advisory panel on Tuesday voted 15 to 8 to recommend that all antidepressants carry a black box warning -- the strongest warning issued by the government -- to
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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...