FDA Backs Warnings on Antidepressants for Children
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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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BETHESDA, Md.  - Antidepressant medications,  including such best-selling drugs as Prozac and Paxil, should  come with strong warnings that they appear to raise the risk of  suicidal thoughts and behavior in younger patients, a U.S.  advisory panel concluded on Tuesday.
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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  youth, according to documents released on Friday.
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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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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 - Federal health advisers considering more stringent warning labels for anti-depressants linked to suicidal thoughts among children were told on Tuesday that a new warning added in March appeared to have little impact on children's use of the drugs.    Children aged 1 to 17 still account for 7 percent of anti-depressants prescribed, said Michael Evans of the Food and Drug Administration's Office of Drug Safety...
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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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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, according to documents released on Friday.
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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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WASHINGTON - 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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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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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, despite remaining cautious about the strength of such  ties, the agency said on Friday.
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While US health officials consider imposing more warning labels on antidepressants used by children, experts recommend that parents make no treatment changes
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BETHESDA, Md.  - A U.S. advisory panel urged  regulators on Tuesday to require a "black box" warning on  antidepressant labels about the increased risk of suicidal  behavior in youth who take the drugs.
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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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Highly publicized government warnings that antidepressants could cause suicidal thoughts in adolescents may have scared off parents and doctors alike, meaning fewer depressed children are being diagnosed, U.S. psychiatrists say.
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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...