More children being prescribed &#39;unsuitable&#39; drugs
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SOARING numbers of children in the UK are being prescribed anti-depressants and other mind-altering drugs, research revealed today.
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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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Children under 2 years old should  not be given over-the-counter cough and cold medicines because  they are too dangerous for that age group, U.S. health  authorities advised on Thursday.
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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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The body assessing new drugs and therapies for the NHS should be rejecting more treatments, say economists.
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NEW YORK -- 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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The high number of preventable injuries in children is a 'disgrace', a report has warned.
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The number of prescriptions given to children under 16 for depression and mental health problems has quadrupled in 10 years.
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Antipsychotic drugs prescribed to children for bipolar disorders, aggression, and schizophrenia have been linked to a higher risk for type 2 diabetes in a new study presented at a American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry meeting.
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Pediatricians may think they know whether a teenage patient is using alcohol or drugs and to what extent, but a new study finds doctors greatly misjudge the problem.
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Children throughout the world are increasingly prescribed antidepressants and other drugs designed to calm or stimulate their brains, according to two studies published in Archives of Disease in Childhood.
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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.
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Parents may be left with only love and lots of liquid to give their sniffling babies and toddlers now that the government is declaring over-the-counter cough and cold medicines too risky for tots. The Food and Drug Administration was issuing that warning Thursday to parents of children under 2.
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Medecins Sans Frontieres has criticised pharmaceutical companies for failing to offer suitable life-extending drugs for children with HIV/AIDS in poor countries.
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Parents of hyperactive children say drugs often fail to damp down symptoms at crucial times of day.
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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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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.