Child antidepressant use 'rising'
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The UK has seen the fastest rise in antidepressant prescribing to young people, a study of nine countries finds.
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The number of children and teenagers taking antidepressants has fallen more than 20 percent this year after US warnings the medicines may increase suicidal tendencies among youth, pharmacy benefits manager Medco Health Solutions Inc.
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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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SOARING numbers of children in the UK are being prescribed anti-depressants and other mind-altering drugs, research revealed today.
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Federal regulators say they&#39;ve reached a balance in treating depressed kids with antidepressants that can also be dangerous. The Food and Drug Administration is now requiring all antidepressants to carry its strongest safety alert.
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BETHESDA, Md.  - Use of antidepressants appears  linked to a higher risk of suicidal behavior in some children  and teenagers, a U.S. advisory panel concluded on Tuesday.
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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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Labels that warn about potential suicide risks for young patients taking antidepressants need to be stronger. That&#39;s the word from a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel Tuesday.
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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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The fatal shooting last month of a Galveston doctor by his 10-year-old son, who was taking Prozac, is fueling ongoing concerns about the use of antidepressants by pediatric patients.
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Doctors are prescribing more antidepressants for children and adolescents although there is little evidence about their safety or efficacy in youngsters, researchers say.
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The Food and Drug Administration on Friday ordered that all antidepressants carry "black box" warnings that they "increase the risk of suicidal thinking and behavior" in children who take them.    Patients and their parents will be given medication guides that include the warning with each new prescription or refill...
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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.
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The use of some antidepressant drugs appears linked to an increase in suicidal behavior in some children and teen-agers, a US advisory panel concluded on Tuesday.
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Warnings that antidepressants might increase the risk of suicidal behavior in youth curbed rapid growth of these drugs but did not eliminate access to them among young people as some had feared, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
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Children who take the anti-depressant Prozac are at greater risk of attempting suicide, say US experts.
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The discovery that antidepressants  may increase suicidal tendencies in children has prompted some  lawmakers and physicians to ask if changes are needed to  financial incentives given to drug makers for pediatric  research.