Caution Urged on Antidepressants and Children
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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 number of children and teenagers  taking antidepressants has fallen more than 20 percent this  year after U.S. warnings the medicines may increase suicidal  tendencies among youth, pharmacy benefits manager Medco Health  Solutions Inc. said on Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON - Antidepressants should carry the strongest type of warning about the higher risk of suicidal behavior in children and teens who take the pills, a US advisory panel said Tuesday.
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NEW YORK - The number of children taking antidepressants has dropped dramatically since the Food and Drug Administration (news - web sites) cautioned that the drugs can provoke suicidal behavior, according to a study.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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WASHINGTON Sept. 15, 2004 - All drugs used to treat depressed children should carry a &quot;black box&quot; warning of the antidepressants&#39; link to increased suicidal thoughts and actions, says a panel of federal advisers.
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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 that they can sometimes spur suicidal behavior in children and teenagers, agency advisers said Tuesday.
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A government scientist had concluded last year that most antidepressants are too dangerous for children because of a suicide risk and a new study appears to confirm his findings.
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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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A US advisory panel concluded Tuesday that antidepressants such as Prozac, Zoloft and Paxil should come with stronger warnings because they appear to increase suicidal behavior in children and teenagers.
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In the wake of recent government warnings about children and antidepressants, parents are having an increasingly difficult time getting prescriptions for their children.